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And hurried landward far away. Crying, "Awake, it is the day." It said unto the forest, "Shout! Hang all your leafy banners out." It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O Bird, awake and sing." And o'er the farms, "O Chanticleer, Your clarion blow, the day is near." It whispered to the fields of corn, "Bow down and hail the coming morn."
And hurried landward far away, Crying, "Awake! it is the day!" It said unto the forest, "Shout! Hang all your leafy banners out!" It touched the wood-bird's folded wing, And said, "O bird, awake and sing!" And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer, Your clarion blow! the day is near!" It whispered to the fields of corn, "Bow down, and hail the coming morn!"
In short, they were healthy and manly mountain-boys, with all their senses admirably exercised, and their powers of observation so well trained, that they sometimes amazed their London cousins by pointing to some falcon poised far-off above its prey, which was but a speck to less practised eyes, or calling attention to the sweetness of some wood-bird's note, indistinguishable to less practised ears.
To Siegfried it was always joy to wander afar through the woodland. Ofttimes had he thrown himself down on the soft, moss-covered ground and lain there hour after hour, listening to the wood-bird's song. Sometimes he would even find a reed and try to pipe a tune as sweet as did the birds, but that was all in vain, as the lad soon found.
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