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THE EAGLE by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: BETWEEN TWO MIGHTY HILLS A SHEER
Last Line: THE EAGLE SCANS HIS VAST DOMAIN.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; BIRDS; EAGLES;

Between two mighty hills a sheer
Abyss -- far down in the ravine
A thread-like torrent and a screen
Of oaks like shrubs -- and one doth rear
A dry scarp'd peak above all sound
Save windy voices wailing round:

At sunrise here, in proud disdain
The eagle scans his vast domain.



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