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The Scribe
A hedge of trees surrounds me:
A blackbird sings to me
Above my lined booklet
The birds chant their songs to me.
The cuckoo sings to me lovely and clear
In a grey cloak from the ramparts of bushes.
Well indeed does the Lord look after me
As I write with care in the woodland shade.
— Anonymous, 9th century