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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=523206" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Orphan's Song</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had a little bird,<br>I took it from the nest;<br>I prest it, and blest it,<br>And nurst it in my breast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I set it on the ground,<br>I danced round and round,<br>And sang about it so cheerly,<br>With 'Hey my little bird, and ho my little bird,<br>And oh but I love thee dearly!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I make a little feast<br>Of food soft and sweet,<br>I hold it in my breast,<br>And coax it to eat;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I pit, and I pat,<br>I call it this and that,<br>And sing about it so cheerly,<br>With 'Hey my little bird, and ho my little bird,<br>And ho but I love thee dearly!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I may kiss, I may sing,<br>But I can't make it feed,<br>It taketh no heed<br>Of any pleasant thing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I scolded, and I socked,<br>But it minded not a whit,<br>Its little mouth was locked,<br>And I could not open it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tho' with pit, and with pat,<br>And with this, and with that,<br>I sang about it so cheerly,<br>And 'Hey my little bird, and ho my little bird,<br>And ho but I love thee dearly.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But when the day was done,<br>And the room was at rest,<br>And I sat all alone<br>With my birdie in my breast,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the light had fled,<br>And not a sound was heard,<br>Then my little bird<br>Lifted up its head,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the little mouth<br>Loosed its sullen pride,<br>And it opened, it opened,<br>With a yearning strong and wide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Swifter than I speak<br>I brought it food once more,<br>But the poor little beak<br>Was locked as before.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sat down again,<br>And not a creature stirred,<br>I laid the little bird<br>Again where it had lain;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And again when nothing stirred,<br>And not a word I said,<br>Then my little bird<br>Lifted up its head,<br>And the little beak<br>Loosed its stubborn pride,<br>And it opened, it opened,<br>With a yearning strong and wide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It lay in my breast,<br>It uttered no cry,<br>'Twas famished, 'twas famished,<br>And I couldn't tell why.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I couldn't tell why,<br>But I saw that it would die,<br>For all that I kept dancing round and round,<br>And singing above it so cheerly,<br>With 'Hey my little bird, and ho my little bird,<br>And ho but I love thee dearly!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I never look sad,<br>I hear what people say,<br>I laugh when they are gay<br>And they think I am glad.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My tears never start,<br>I never say a word,<br>But I think that my heart<br>Is like that little bird.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Every day I read,<br>And I sing, and I play,<br>But thro' the long day<br>It taketh no heed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It taketh no heed<br>Of any pleasant thing,<br>I know it doth not read,<br>I know it doth not sing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With my mouth I read,<br>With my hands I play,<br>My shut heart is shut,<br>Coax it how you may.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You may coax it how you may<br>While the day is broad and bright,<br>But in the dead night<br>When the guests are gone away,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And no more the music sweet<br>Up the house doth pass,<br>Nor the dancing feet<br>Shake the nursery glass;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I've heard my aunt<br>Along the corridor,<br>And my uncle gaunt<br>Lock his chamber door;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And upon the stair<br>All is hushed and still,<br>And the last wheel<br>Is silent in the square;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the nurses snore,<br>And the dim sheets rise and fall,<br>And the lamplight's on the wall,<br>And the mouse is on the floor;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the curtains of my bed<br>Are like a heavy cloud,<br>And the clock ticks loud,<br>And sounds are in my head;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And little Lizzie sleeps<br>Softly at my side,<br>It opens, it opens,<br>With a yearning strong and wide!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It yearns in my breast,<br>It utters no cry,<br>'Tis famished, 'tis famished,<br>And I feel that I shall die,<br>I feel that I shall die,<br>And none will know why.<br>Tho' the pleasant life is dancing round and round<br>And singing about me so cheerly,<br>With 'Hey my little bird, and ho my little bird,<br>And ho but I love thee dearly!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sydney+Thompson+Dobell">Sydney Thompson Dobell</a><div class=q>
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I took it from the nest;
I prest it, and blest it,
And nurst it in my breast.

I set it on the ground,
I danced round and round,
And sang about it so cheerly,
With 'Hey my little bird, and ho my little bird,
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