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John Clare - Birds In Alarm
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	The firetail tells the boys when nests are nigh
	And tweets and flies from every passer-bye.
	The yellowhammer never makes a noise
	But flies in silence from the noisy boys;
	The boys will come and take them every day,
	And still she lays as none were ta`en away.

	The nightingale keeps tweeting-churring round
	But leaves in silence when the nest is found.
	The pewit hollos "chewrit" as she flies
	And flops about the shepherd where he lies;
	But when her nest is found she stops her song
	And cocks [her] coppled crown and runs along.
	Wrens cock their tails and chitter loud and play,
	And robins hollo "tut" and fly away.
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