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The Bat

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Title:     The Bat
Author: Laurence Alma-Tadema [More Titles by Alma-Tadema]

Bat, Bat, that flies at night
When angels' breath has blown the light,
When all the bees are hived in bed
And swallow sleeps with hidden head:
Songless bird! until this hour,
Among the bells in the ivied tower
Have you hung dreaming in your house?
Are you a living wingèd mouse?--
Bat, Bat, I often doubt;
And when I see you flit about,
I wonder if the dead birds roam
In circles round their nestlings' home....





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Laurence Alma-Tadema's poem: Bat

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