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Aretina’s Song

From ‘A Sicilian Summer’

I’M a bird that’s free

Of the land and sea;

I wander whither I will;

But oft on the wing

I falter and sing,

O fluttering heart, be still,

Be still,

O fluttering heart, be still!

I’m wild as the wind,

But soft and kind,

And wander whither I may;

The eyebright sighs,

And says with its eyes,

Thou wandering wind, oh stay,

Oh stay,

Thou wandering wind, oh stay!