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Sing! gangling lad, along the brink / Of wild brook-ways of shoal and deep, / Where killdees dip, and cattle drink, / And glinting little minnows leap!
Sing! slimpsy lass who trips above / And sets the foot-log quivering!
Sing! bittern, bumble-bee, and dove -- / Sing! Sing! Sing!
Sing as you will, O singers all / Who sing because you _want_ to sing!
Sing! peacock on the orchard wall, / Or tree-toad by the trickling spring!
Sing! every bird on every bough -- / Sing! every living, loving thing -- / Sing any song, and anyhow, / But Sing! Sing! Sing!