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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOON-SILENCE (AUSTRALIAN FOREST), by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: A lyre-bird sings a low melodious song
Last Line: And silence wakes and knows her dream is day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Variant Title(s): The Bell-birds
Subject(s): Australia; Birds; Silence; Singing & Singers; Wind
First Line: A lyre-bird sings a low melodious song
Last Line: And silence wakes and knows her dream is day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Variant Title(s): The Bell-birds
Subject(s): Australia; Birds; Silence; Singing & Singers; Wind
A lyre-bird sings a low melodious song --
Then all is still: a soft wind breathes along
The lofty gums and faintly dies away:
And Silence wakes and knows her dream is day.
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