"Last week, when I went early into my garden, a rose-breasted grosbeak was sitting on the fence. Oh, he was beautiful as a flower. I hardly dared to breathe, I did not stir, and we gazed at each other fully five minutes before he concluded to move."

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Source : Celia Thaxter (1896). “Letters of Celia Thaxter”

Celia Thaxter

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