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THE FLYING MOUSE (NEW SOUTH WALES -- MOONLIGHT) by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: THE EUCALYPTUS-BLOOMS ARE SWEET
Last Line: FLITS BAT-LIKE WHERE THE WHITE GUMS RISE.
Subject(s): AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; EUCALYPTUS TREES;

The eucalyptus-blooms are sweet
With honey, and the birds all day
Sip the clear juices forth: brown-grey,
A bird-like thing with tiny feet
Cleaves to the boughs, or with small wings
Amidst the leafy spaces springs,
And in the moonshine with shrill cries
Flits bat-like where the white gums rise.



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