Chapter 3
section three of birds in nature volume eleven number five may nineteen o two recorded for librivox dot org by nemo the hand that struck thee down the hand that struck thee down could not have known that thou hadst songs unsung and flights unflown but ours will be the loss no more at morn will sound the reveille from thy wee horn thy form will not be one that flits the air as one that trusts in god and knows no care then when the shadows creep and light grows dim we'll list but never hear thy vesper hymn the hand that struck thee down could not have known that thou had songs unsung and flights unflown J.D. Labar von Schoenhoven.
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