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Kaloona
The Spurwinged Plover

Edward S. Sorenson

        By marsh and lake,
           And wide lagoon,
        The plovers wake
           The sultry noon
With warning cries to snipe and crake
That hunters come grim toll to take
           Among them soon.

        On pool and mere
           Where wildfowl lie
        They start to hear
           Kaloona cry.
Full well they know that danger’s near,
And watch across the waters clear,
           Half-poised to fly.

        The hunter creeps
           On crouching knees,
        But while he peeps
           Kaloona sees;
For wide across his path she sweeps,
And shrills his presence, though he keeps
           Behind the trees.    

        The swamp birds, when
           Her cohorts dwell
        Within their ken,
           Know all is well;
For aye is she, by marsh and fen,
To duck and swan and waterhen,
           The sentinel.

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