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THE birds against the April wind Flew northward, singing as they flew; They sang, "The land we leave behind Has swords for corn-blades, blood for dew."
"O wild-birds, flying from the South, What saw and heard ye, gazing down? " "We saw the mortar's upturned mouth, The sickened camp, the blazing town!