"Under the Balcony", page 3

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Oscar Wilde
1854–1900

"Under the Balcony." Autograph manuscript signed, ca. 1884. 4 p.

Autograph manuscript signed, ca. 1884. 4 p.

Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008

MA 7258.8
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"Under the Balcony."
Autograph manuscript signed, ca. 1884. 4 p.
Accession number: MA 7258.8

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O rapturous bird with the low sweet note!
    O bird that sits on the spray!
Sing on, sing on, from your soft brown throat!
        And my love in her little bed
        Will listen, and lift her head
    From the pillow, and come my way!
O rapturous bird with the low sweet note!
    O bird that sits on the spray!