Answer To A Child's Question

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Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove,
The Linnet and Thrush say, 'I love and I love!'
In the winter they're silent- the wind is so strong:
What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song.
But green leaves, and blossoms m, and sunny warm weather,
And singing, and loving- all come back together.
But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and love,
The green fields below him, the blue sky above,
The he sings, and he sings; and for ever sings he—
'I love my Love, and my Love loves me!'

By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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