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AUSTRALIAN TRANSCRIPTS: MID-NOON IN JANUARY by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: UPON A FIBRY FERN-TREE BOUGH
Last Line: BREATHES 'MID THE GREEN FERN-SPACES ROUND
Subject(s): ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; JANUARY;

Upon a fibry fern-tree bough
A huge iguana lies alow,
Bright yellow in the noonday glow
With bars of black, -- it watcheth now
A gorgeous insect hover high
Till suddenly its lance doth fly
And catch the prey -- but still no sound
Breathes 'mid the green fern-spaces round



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