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THE MEADOW LARK by HAMLIN GARLAND

First Line: A BRAVE LITTLE BIRD THAT FEARS NOT GOD
Last Line: AND WORK FOR THE TIME IS A PLEASANT THING.

A BRAVE little bird that fears not God,
A voice that breaks from the snow-wet clod
With prophecy of sunny sod,
Set thick with wind-waved goldenrod.

From the first bare clod in the raw, cold spring,
From the last bare clod, when fall winds sting,
The farm-boy hears his brave song ring,
And work for the time is a pleasant thing.



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