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TO A DEAD THRUSH by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THOUGH SILENCE SHUTS THE GATE OF SONG
Last Line: THE GROVES OF MEMORY.
Subject(s): BIRDS; DEATH - ANIMALS; THRUSHES;

Though Silence shuts the gate of Song,
I keep thereof the key,
And hear thee warbling still among
The groves of Memory.



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