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A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song. — Joan Walsh Anglund

A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song.

Joan Walsh Anglund
1967
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Bird songsBirdsSelf-expression
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1967
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Joan Walsh Anglund
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Anglund, Joan Walsh. A Cup of Sun: A Book of Poems. Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1967.

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