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| 1 | 1 | I heard a linnet courting | I heard a linnet courting |
| 2 | 2 | | His lady in the spring; |
| 3 | 3 | His mates were idly sporting, | His mates were idly sporting, |
| 4 | 4 | | Nor stayed to hear him sing |
| 5 | 5 | | His song of love. -- |
| 6 | 6 | I fear my speech distorting | I fear my speech distorting |
| 7 | 7 | | His tender love. |
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | One phrase was all his pleading, | |
| 10 | 10 | | He spoke of love and home: |
| 11 | 11 | To her who gave him heeding | |
| 12 | 12 | | He sang his question: “Come!” |
| 13 | 13 | | His gay, sweet notes, -- |
| 14 | 14 | So sadly marred in the reading | So sadly marred in the reading! |
| 15 | 15 | | His tender notes! |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | And when he ceased, the hearer | And when he ceased, the hearer |
| 18 | 18 | | Re-echoed the refrain, |
| 19 | 19 | And swiftly perching nearer, | |
| 20 | 20 | | “Come, come!” she sang again. |
| 21 | 21 | | Ah for their loves! |
| 22 | 22 | Would that my verse spake clearer | Would that my verse spake clearer, |
| 23 | 23 | | Their tender loves! |
| 24 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 25 | Blest union of twin creatures | |
| 26 | 26 | | Unmarred by sense of doubt: |
| 27 | 27 | All summer's dry misfeatures | |
| 28 | 28 | | Such springtide trust bars out; |
| 29 | 29 | | But of their loves |
| 30 | 30 | Fall short our wiser natures: | |
| 31 | 31 | | Their tender loves! |
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