If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.
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The bird let loose in Eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way.Charles Lamb
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Those evening bells those evening bells How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home, and that sweet time When last I heard their soothing chime.
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