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Letitia Elizabeth Landon - A Child Screening A Dove From A Hawk. By Stewardson
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AY, screen thy favourite dove, fair child,
Ay, screen it if you may,--
Yet I misdoubt thy trembling hand
Will scare the hawk away.

That dove will die, that child will weep,--
Is this their destinie?
Ever amid the sweets of life
Some evil thing must be.

Ay, moralize,--is it not thus
We`ve mourn`d our hope and love?
Alas! there`s tears for every eye,
A hawk for every dove!
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