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New Zealand Bird Songs

The Song of the Kingfisher

page 36

The Song of the Kingfisher

Why do you sit, so dreamily, dreamily,
Kingfisher over the stream,
Silent your beak, and silent the water,
What is your dream?

A falling, a flashing of blue and of silver,
Child, he is deep in the stream,
Prey in his beak, and fear in the water—
That was his dream!