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Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 : THE STARLINGS [from Poems: by Charles Kingsley (1889)]

1          Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings,
2          Beneath the freezing house-eaves I heard the starlings sing---
3          'Ah dreary March month, is this then a time for building wearily?
4             Sad, sad, to think that the year is but begun.'

5          Late in the autumn, on still and cloudless evenings,
6          Among the golden reed-beds I heard the starlings sing---
7          'Ah that sweet March month, when we and our mates were courting merrily;
8             Sad, sad, to think that the year is all but done.'

Eversley , 1848.

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