The Blue Jay : : By Hamlin Garland ▼ His eye is bright as burnished steel,His note a quick defiant cry;Harsh as a hinge his grating squealSounds from the keen wind sweeping by.Rain never dims his smooth blue coat,The winter never troubles him.No fog puts hoarseness in his throatOr makes his merry eyes grow dim.HisContinue reading “The Blue Jay : Hamlin Garland : : Bird Poems : :”