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First Line: What music, lord, these birds must feel
Last Line: For the beauty at my door.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Birds; Owls; Singing & Singers; Songs


What music, Lord, these birds must feel,
That makes no pleasant tune:
They fail by throat, yet in their hearts
How they enjoy the Moon!

When I sit thinking of my money,
Or lie in bed and snore –
'Te-who! Te-who!' they cry in wonder,
For the beauty at my door.





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