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List of Sounds: - a gentle chorus of birds, the artist's best companions, whose society bolsters spirits but does not break the spell of the muse, whose unfailing cheer in every weather eases melancholy (lauding clouds and rain with devotion equal to their singing praises of the sun), whose grateful welcoming of day (gratitude as antecedent to the gift of dawn rather than result) heralds the edifying ever-newness of each morning, whose tender melodies (with all the familiar repetition of lullaby) soothe the sensitive soul - the quiet crackle of a fire all the more generous because it is only barely needed: it flickers away the last remaining damp and chill of a warming season but is primarily a token of appreciation and consideration for the model, who will find it easier to pose in natural splendor when wrapped in fireside warmth and glow, having then no need of other garments - intermittently, the distant ringing of wind chimes, kissed into song perhaps by the breeze or by the fluttering-throug
