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Francis Mahony

Common Things.

HE bee from the clover blooms Is ready to lift his wings; I found him gathering honey Out of the common things.

The bird to the maple bough The twigs and the stubble brings; He is building his love a cottage Out of the common things.

The poet sits by himself; What do you think he sings?

Nothing! he gets no music Out of the common things.