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STRAY BIRDS

70

Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?

71

The woodcutter's axe begged for its handle from the tree.
The tree gave it.

72

In my solitude of heart I feel the sigh of this widowed evening veiled with mist and rain.

73

Chastity is a wealth that comes from abundance of love.

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