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I marked a rainbow's form,
 When the summer shower went by,
Born of the sunbeam and the storm—
 Spanning the eastern sky:
And I gazed upon the sight,
 Till the glorious arch was riven,
And its varied hues of gorgeous light
 Melted away in heaven.

I watched a merry bird,
 Building its fairy nest,
And the glossy leaves by its wings were stirred,
 Round that little spot of rest;
And I deemed its gushing song
 Would still to mine ear be given,
But it plumed its wing for the skies ere long,
 And soared, and sang, in heaven.

I gazed on a gentle star,
 That was bright in the evening sky,
And thought, how it smiled in its home afar,
 When watched by a mortal's eye;