"There is no bird half so harmless,
None so sweetly rude as you,
None so common and so charmless,
None of virtues nude as you."

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To a Sparrow by Francis Ledwidge (1916) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/28/poem-of-the-week-to-a-sparrow-by-francis-ledwidge

Poem of the week: To a Sparrow by Francis Ledwidge

This brightly observed study of a ‘sweetly impudent’ bird carries with it a distinct political edge

The Guardian