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THE YELLOW HAMMER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SPRUCE AND LIMBER YELLOW-HAMMER
Last Line: WITH NOTES AS OF ONE WHO BRASS IS FILING.
Subject(s): BIRDS; CRAFTSMANSHIP;

The spruce and limber yellow-hammer
In the dawn of spring and sultry summer,
In hedge or tree the hours beguiling
With notes as of one who brass is filing.



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