The stag to the east is not asleep, he does not stop from bellowing;
though he is in the woods of the blackbirds, sleep is not in his mind;
the hornless doe is not asleep, crying after her speckled fawn; she
is going over the bushes, she does not sleep in her home.
The cuckoo is not asleep, the thrush is not asleep, the tops of the
trees are a noisy place; the duck is not asleep, she is made ready
for good swimming; the bog-lark is not asleep tonight on the high stormy
bogs; the sound of her clear voice is sweet; she is not sleeping
between the streams.
(Lady Augusta Gregory)
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