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 "title": "Bird Sent by Providence",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "book": "Poems of James McIntyre",
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  "year": 1889,
  "venue": "Poems of James McIntyre (1889)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "last_checked": "2026-08-20"
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    "text": "A poor man stood beside his door,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "His sad fate for to deplore,",
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   {
    "text": "For landlord’s heart would not relent,",
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    "text": "And seized his furniture for rent.",
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  ],
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   {
    "text": "He hears song sweet as from fairy,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And soon he sees a canary,",
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   {
    "text": "Into his cage it did alight",
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    "text": "And poured forth notes sweet and bright.",
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   {
    "text": "But owner of the bird did mourn,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And sadly longed for its return,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Without it she found no delight,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "So she did landlord’s bill requite.",
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   {
    "text": "The poor man thinks the bird was sent",
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   },
   {
    "text": "By the Lord to pay up his rent,",
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   {
    "text": "And he now stout maintains from thence",
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    "text": "That there is a kind Providence.",
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