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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SEEING A BIRD-CATCHER, by ELIZA COOK Poet's Biography
First Line: Health in his rags, content upon his face
Last Line: The one to sing, the other break, for sport!
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: Health in his rags, content upon his face
Last Line: The one to sing, the other break, for sport!
Subject(s): Birds
Health in his rags, content upon his face,
He goes th' enslaver of a feathered race:
So hearts, like warblers, may be lured and caught,
The one to sing, the other break, for sport!
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