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THE ICE CAGE by JAMES METHVEN BALLANTYNE

First Line: A RED BIRD IN A FROZEN TREE
Last Line: THAT WERE A CLARION CALL TO PRAYER.
Subject(s): BIRDS; WINTER;
A red bird in a frozen tree
Sang through the icicles to me
Until each silver warbling note
From out her throbbing little throat
Made chimes upon the wintry air
That were a clarion call to prayer.



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