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Poems by William Allingham (Author: William Allingham)

poem 16

A Memory or ‘Four Ducks on a Pond’

1. Four ducks on a pond,
   A grass-bank beyond,
   A blue sky of spring,
   White clouds on the wing;
   What a little thing
   To remember for years—
   To remember with tears!

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