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LOSS by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL

First Line: LIFE MAY MOULT MANY FEATHERS, YET DELIGHT
Last Line: TILL THE THINNED FEATHERS END OUR EAGER FLIGHT.
Subject(s): DEATH; LIFE; LOSS; DEAD, THE;

LIFE may moult many feathers, yet delight
To soar and circle in a heaven of joy;
The pinion robbed must learn more swift employ,
Till the thinned feathers end our eager flight.



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