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THE FALCON by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD

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First Line: I AM A WHITE FALCON, HURRAH!
Last Line: WITH MY OWN WHITE WINGS FOR A SHROUD.

I AM a white falcon, hurrah!
My home is the mountains so high;
But away o'er the lands and the waters,
Wherever I please, I can fly.

I wander from city to city,
I dart from the wave to the cloud,
And when I am dead I shall slumber
With my own white wings for a shroud.



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