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The Mocking-Bird and the Donkey : : by William Cullen Bryant. From the Spanish of the Mexican poet José Rosas. ▼ A mock-bird in a villageHad somehow gained the skillTo imitate the voicesOf animals at will.And singing in his prison,Once, at the close of day,He gave, with great precision,The donkey’s heavy bray.Well pleased, the mock-bird’sContinue reading “The Mocking-Bird and The Donkey : : Bird Poems : :”