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I. She hung the cage at the window: / "If he goes by," she said, / "He will hear my robin singing, / And when he lifts his head, / I shall be sitting here to sew, / And he will bow to me, I know."
The robin sang a love-sweet song, / The young man raised his head; / The maiden turned away and blushed: / "I am a fool! " she said, / And went on broidering in silk / A pink-eyed rabbit, white as milk.