A thrush, because I'd been wrong, Burst rightly into song In a world not vague, not lonely, Not governed by me only. (Richard Wilbur)

A thrush, because I'd been wrong, Burst rightly into song In a world not vague, not lonely, Not governed by me only.

Richard Wilbur

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