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ON SEEING A BIRD-CATCHER by ELIZA COOK

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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