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I will sing a song, / Said the owl.
You sing a song, sing-song / Ugly fowl!
What will you sing about, / Night in and day out?
All about the night, / When the gray / With her cloak smothers bright, / Hard, sharp day.
Oh, the moon! the cool dew!
And the shadows! -- tu-whoo!
I will sing a song, / Said the nightingale.
Sing a song, long, long, / Little Neverfail!
What will you sing about, / Day in or day out?
All about the light / Gone away, / Down, away, and out of sight: / Wake up, day!
For the master is not dead, / Only gone to bed.
I will sing a song, / Said the lark.
Sing, sing, Throat-strong, / Little Kill-the-dark!
What will you sing about, / Day in and night out?
I can only call!
I can't think!
Let me up, that's all!
I see a chink!
I've been thirsting all night / For the glorious light!