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A bird

Language: English

You will never rise up again 
with a flutter of thick wings 
and rouse me from my bed in the morning. 
For a thief came silently 
upon you in your sleep and killed you, 
pressing his finger into your throat.


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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Date added to the website: 2008-04-09.

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