"THE OUSEL COCK SO BLACK OF HUE"
            William Shakespeare
                from _A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_; c. 1595(?)
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  The ousel cock so black of hue,
    With orange-tawny bill,
  the throstle with his note so true,
    The wren with little quill;
    
  The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,
    The plain-song cuckoo gray,
  Whose note full many a man doth mark,
    And dares not answer nay;--  (III.i.)
    
    
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