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SONG by HILDA CONKLING

First Line: A SCARLET BIRD WENT SAILING AWAY THROUGH / THE WOOD...
Last Line: THAT FLOATED BY.

A SCARLET bird went sailing away through the wood . . .
It was only a mist of dream
That floated by.
Bare boughs of my apple-tree,
Beautiful gray arms stretched out to me,
Swaying to and fro like angels' wings . . .
It was only a mist of dream
That floated by.



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