<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</SPAN></span></p>
<h2>THE CHILD AND THE PIGEONS</h2>
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<span class="i0">You dear cooing pigeons,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">How gladly you fly<br/></span>
<span class="i0">O'er hilltop and meadow<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And forest trees high,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Far, far away roaming;<br/></span>
<span class="i2">—And that too, would I!<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">But ever, dear pigeons,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">When night shades the sky<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And home you are coming,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">As gladly you fly<br/></span>
<span class="i0">To meet with your loved ones;<br/></span>
<span class="i2">—And that, too, would I!<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Then, cooing together<br/></span>
<span class="i2">So fondly, you try<br/></span>
<span class="i0">To tell in what pleasures<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The day has passed by,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Your every joy sharing;<br/></span>
<span class="i2">—And that, too, would I!<br/></span></div>
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