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The Attic warbler pours her throat, Responsive to the cuckoo's note, The untaught harmony of spring.

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Thomas Gray
Age: 54 †
Born: 1716
Born: December 26
Died: 1771
Died: July 30
Literary Critic
Poet
London
England
Harmony
Cuckoos
Spring
Attic
Attics
Pours
Responsive
Note
Throat
Untaught
Notes
Cuckoo

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