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<h1>BIRD RAPTURES.</h1>
<pre>The sunrise wakes the lark to sing,<br/>
The moonrise wakes the nightingale.<br/>
Come darkness, moonrise, every thing<br/>
That is so silent, sweet, and pale:<br/>
Come, so ye wake the nightingale.<br/>
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Make haste to mount, thou wistful moon,<br/>
Make haste to wake the nightingale:<br/>
Let silence set the world in tune<br/>
To hearken to that wordless tale<br/>
Which warbles from the nightingale<br/>
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O herald skylark, stay thy flight<br/>
One moment, for a nightingale<br/>
Floods us with sorrow and delight.<br/>
To-morrow thou shalt hoist the sail;<br/>
Leave us to-night the nightingale.<br/>
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