<h2><SPAN name="AH_ME" id="AH_ME"></SPAN>AH ME!</h2>
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<div class="verse">I killed a Robin—the little thing,</div>
<div class="verse">With scarlet breast on a glossy wing,</div>
<div class="verse">That comes in the apple tree to sing.</div>
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<div class="verse">I flung a stone as he twittered there,</div>
<div class="verse">I only meant to give him a scare,</div>
<div class="verse">But off it went—and hit him square.</div>
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<div class="verse">A little flutter—a little cry—</div>
<div class="verse">Then on the ground I saw him lie.</div>
<div class="verse">I didn't think he was going to die.</div>
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<div class="verse">But as I watched him I soon could see</div>
<div class="verse">He never would sing for you or me</div>
<div class="verse">Any more in the apple tree.</div>
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<div class="verse">Never more in the morning light,</div>
<div class="verse">Never more in the sunshine bright,</div>
<div class="verse">Trilling his song in gay delight.</div>
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<div class="verse">And I'm thinking, every summer day,</div>
<div class="verse">How never, never, I can repay</div>
<div class="verse">The little life that I took away.</div>
<div class="verse ar">—<span class="sc">Sydney Dayre</span>,
in The Youth's Companion.</div>
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