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know to what instrumental sounds to compare 

 these notes, for I really know none which are 

 so melodious. They gradually rise in strength, 

 and then fall in gentle cadence, becoming at 

 length so low as to be scarcely audible." So 

 you see that I am not the only one who has 

 come pretty near being charmed by the song 

 of the wood thrush. 



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