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Let us be like the bird for a moment perched On a frail branch while he sings; Though he feels it bend, yet he sings his song, Knowing that he hath wings.
Let us be like the bird for a moment perched On a frail branch while he sings; Though he feels it bend, yet he sings his song, Knowing that he hath wings.
Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial
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- Victor Hugo
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- Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 245; printed byline: Victor Hugo; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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