Never Again the Sky
i I I 1 he wounded mallard fell quite near Me on the grass- With mounting fear II s I leaned above the ooze of red ? That wet its bosom as il spreadI || My heart beat missed: the dying thing Had bravely tried to lift a wingIt was so bitterly unfair That bain could hold it tethered there I I When- it had known the rain and sun, i| Had challenged life and almost won. II §| I j| I listened for the earth to cry < This flame of beauty shall not die. II Ii —Virginia States.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 172, 16 April 1932, Page 18
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100Never Again the Sky Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 172, 16 April 1932, Page 18
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