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| For every Bird a Nest --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 143
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | Whose are the little beds, I asked -142-
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| Succeeded by: | She bore it till the simple veins -144-
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For every Bird a Nest --
Wherefore in timid quest
Some little Wren goes seeking round --
Wherefore when boughs are free --
Households in every tree --
Pilgrim be found?
Perhaps a home too high --
Ah Aristocracy!
The little Wren desires --
Perhaps of twig so fine --
Of twine e'en superfine,
Her pride aspires --
The Lark is not ashamed
To build upon the ground
Her modest house --
Yet who of all the throng
Dancing around the sun
Does so rejoice?
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