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ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. 



pretty bird-masquerad$ she was lifted above by her wings, and by 

 the winged soul which sang in that little body. An all-powerful alibi 

 held her enthralled afar off, in her native grove, in the nest whence 

 she had been stolen in her infancy, or in her future love-nest. She 

 warbled five or six notes, and they kindled my very soul ; I myself, 

 for the moment armed with wings, accompanied her in her distant 

 dream. 



