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Ode to a Bush Stone-Curlew

Oft have I heard you in the depth of night
    As your plaintive cry breaks the solemn hush.
Like the damned bewailing their awful plight
    You weep it seems for the soul of the bush.
Cur-looo, Cur-LOOO, your haunting mournful call
    Cleaves the still night air like the sharp axe-blade
        Hacked through your hiding-place and left it bare.
    We proudly staked our claim, but nature, paid
The steep price for your long-held bastion's fall.
Small wonder that your parting cry is all
        Sadness, brim-full of anguish and despair.

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