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IDYLLS OF BIRD LIFE 
To destroy the robin means to invite destruction by the 
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“Whither away, Robin, 
Whither away? 
Is it through envy of the maple leaf, 
Whose blushes mock the crimson of thy breast, 
Thou wilt not stay? 
The summer days now long, yet all too brief 
The happy season thou hast been our guest: 
Whither away ?” 
E. C. Stedman. 
