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THE SPARROW's NEST.

Look, five blue eggs are gleaming there!Few visions have I seen more fair,Nor many prospects of delightMore pleasing than that simple sight!I started seeming to espyThe home and shelter'd bed,The Sparrow's dwelling, which, hard byMy Father's House, in wet or dry,My Sister Emmeline and ITogether visited.
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