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<line>He would have said, and could himself <rhyme on="a">believe</rhyme></line>
<line>That the birds there in all the garden <rhyme on="b">round</rhyme></line>
<line>Had gathered from the day-long voice of <rhyme on="a">Eve</rhyme></line>
<line>And added to their own, an <rhyme on="b">oversound</rhyme>,</line>
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<line>Her tone of meaning, though without the <rhyme on="c">words</rhyme>.</line>
<line>Admittedly an eloquence so <rhyme on="d">soft</rhyme></line>
<line>Could only have been taken up by <rhyme on="c">birds</rhyme></line>
<line>When call or laughter carried them <rhyme on="d">aloft</rhyme>.</line>
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