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Like a murmurless school, in their leafy retreat, The wild birds sit listening the drops round them beat; And the boy crouches close to the blackberry wall.

From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

Like a murmurless school, in their leafy retreat, The wild birds sit listening, the drops round them beat; And the boy crouches close to the blackberry wall.

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various