THE LAY OF A SWALLOW.
Methought I heard a swallow sing "Ah me, don't harp upon one string But take — take all that take you can In your vile cart, and so be (H) off-man ! But still upon that harp they harp, Altho' I tried to keep all dark And still they all bewail then* loss From Paris Steve, to little Poss ! ' I'll shortly bid them all adieu Fly to fresh fields, and organs new, Without Antinous— l'm a callow, Wicked, inimitable swallow !
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Observer, Volume 1, Issue 18, 15 January 1881, Page 171
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83THE LAY OF A SWALLOW. Observer, Volume 1, Issue 18, 15 January 1881, Page 171
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