This tiny wretched thing,
Fallen on dead leaves,
Putrefied;
Its very short life
Made even shorter
By hunger and cold;
Is not the flight of a bird
In the journeys of Life,
Nor is it
The singing of a bird
At dawn
In the garden of Love.
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