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Who can forget fair freedom's bird	A
That has her genuine praises heard	A
Confirm'd by frequent proof	B
The patriot stork is sure to share	C
The brave Batavian's generous care	C
While breeding on his roof	B
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In all her early brightest days	D
When Holland won immortal praise	D
Her Spanish tyrant's dread	E
She play'd not her heroic part	F
With spirit nobler than the heart	F
Of one mild bird she bred	E
	-
It was a female Stork whose mind	G
Shew'd all the mother bravely kind	G
In trial's fiercest hour	H
This bird had blest her happy lot	I
High nested on a fisher's cot	I
As stedfast as a tower	H
	-
Her host a man benignly mild	J
Was happy in a darling child	J
Who now had woman's air	C
Her face intelligent and sweet	K
And her soft bosom was the seat	K
Of kind courageous care	C
	-
The lovely girl was call'd Catau	K
She joy'd to make her neat hearth glow	L
For her returning sire	H
When from his distant toil he hied	K
To banquet by his daughter's side	K
Before his evening fire	H
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The child and parent liv'd alone	M
Each to the other long had shewn	M
Such pure and perfect love	N
Comrades they wanted none beside	K
Both cherishing with tender pride	K
Their Stork who built above	N
	-
To their high chimney's top she sprung	O
Protecting there three callow young	O
Too feeble to descend	K
But oft she visited the ground	K
And in her youthful hostess found	K
A playmate and a friend	K
	-
In scenes of social care endear'd	K
As sure as supper time appear'd	K
The Stork a ready guest	K
Was constant at the damsel's side	K
And she with dainties was supplied	K
To carry to her nest	K
	-
But how among the dearest brood	K
Calamity will oft intrude	K
And fairest hopes prevent	K
How quick can desolation's storm	P
With horrid agonies deform	P
The scene of sweet content	K
	-
As early one autumnal eve	Q
Catau was eager to receive	Q
Her father to his feast	K
She look'd without her door and saw	R
Aloft a little blaze of straw	R
That in the wind encreas'd	K
	-
Alas from her high chimney's top	S
A dangerous spark had chanc'd to drop	S
And fir'd the fav'rite nest	K
She sees the affrighted parent fly	T
Around her young and seem to cry	T
Oh succour the distrest	K
	-
Catau was an heroic maid	K
Most apt to lend a sufferer aid	K
With quick ey'd zeal she found	K
A ladder and a triple fork	U
On which to lift each callow Stork	U
And guide them to the ground	K
	-
With pity's just and dauntless haste	K
She mounts the ladder rightly plac'd	K
She rears the guardian fork	U
Her heart expands with hope elate	K
That she shall kindly snatch from fate	K
Each tender little Stork	U
	-
Dear virtuous damsel vainly brave	V
Thou must resign thy hopes to save	V
These innocents from death	W
The faithless ladder breaks the maid	K
Escaping by angelic aid	K
Now scarce retains her breath	W
	-
Forgetting selfish fear her eye	T
Is fixt upon the scene on high	T
With anguish and despair	C
The dauntless bird with wond'rous skill	X
A parent's duty to fulfil	X
Toils in the troubled air	C
	-
Two of the callow young she lays	D
Beyond the peril of the blaze	D
But while the last she rears	Y
The other little ones distrest	K
Crawl back within the burning nest	K
And aggravate her fears	Y
	-
Now in the vex'd and heated air	C
She draws fresh courage from despair	C
She sees them gasp for breath	W
Tho' fiercer flames around her sprung	O
She settles on her dying young	O
And welcomes social death	W
	-
My glorious bird exclaims the maid	K
Who her brave fav'rite survey'd	K
While she expir'd above	N
I will not at thy lot repine	M
But rather pray it may be mine	M
To die with those I love	N

William Hayley

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