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 The bird
 That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet 
complainings.  
 The bird
 That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet 
complainings. 
 Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember 
it's a sin to kill a read more 
 Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember 
it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. 
 Every bird that upwards swings
 Bears the Cross upon its wings.  
 Every bird that upwards swings
 Bears the Cross upon its wings. 
 Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly 
shore,--
 Tell me what thy lordly name is on read more 
 Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly 
shore,--
 Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
  Quoth the Raven "Nevermore!" 
 A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
 [A feather in hand is better than read more 
 A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
 [A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.] 
 Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these?
 Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught
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 Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these?
 Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught
  The dialect they speak, where melodies
   Alone are the interpreters of thought?
    Whose household words are songs in many keys,
     Sweeter than instrument of man e'er caught!
   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the 
bush.  
 He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the 
bush. 
 That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your 
repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.  
 That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your 
repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird.