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THE HEART'S COUNTRY by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS

First Line: HILL PEOPLE TURN TO THEIR HILLS
Last Line: FOR THOU ART MY LIBERTY.
Subject(s): LOVE;
Hill people turn to their hills;
Sea-folk are sick for the sea:
Thou art my land and my country,
And my heart calls out for thee.

The bird beats his wings for the open,
The captive burns to be free;
But I -- I cry at thy window,
For thou art my liberty.






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