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1828–1909

Poem: Song In The Songless

George Meredith

They have no song, the sedges dry, And still they sing. It is within my breast they sing, As I pass by.

Within my breast they touch a string, They wake a sigh. There is but sound of sedges dry; In me they sing.

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