| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| | | S. Frances Harrison |
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I BIRDS that were gray in the green are black in the yellow. | |
| Here where the green remains rocks one little fellow. | |
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| Quaker in gray, do you know that the green is going? | |
| More than that—do you know that the yellow is showing? | |
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II Singer of songs, do you know that your youth is flying? | 5 |
| That Age will soon at the lock of your life be prying? | |
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| Lover of life, do you know that the brown is going? | |
| More than that—do you know that the gray is showing? | |
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