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The Nightjar

by Sir Henry Newbolt

 We loved our nightjar, but she would not stay with us.
We had found her lying as dead, but soft and warm, 
Under the apple tree beside the old thatched wall.
Two days we kept her in a basket by the fire, 
Fed her, and thought she well might live – till suddenly
I the very moment of most confiding hope
She arised...Read more of this...

Form: Free verse

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