Bird Songby Laura E. Richards ▼ The robin sings of willow-buds,Of snowflakes on the green;The bluebird sings of Mayflowers,The crackling leaves between;The veery has a thousand talesTo tell to girl and boy;But the oriole, the oriole,Sings, “Joy! joy! joy!”The pewee calls his little mate,Sweet Phoebe, gone astray,The warbler sings, “What fun, what fun,To tilt uponContinue reading “Bird Songs : Laura E Richards : : Bird Poems : :”
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Captivity : Robert William Service : : Bird Poems : :
Captivity : : by Robert William Service : ,: O meadow lark, so wild and free,It cannot be, it cannot be,That men to merchandise your spellDo close you in a wicker hell! O hedgerow thrush so mad with glee,it cannot be, it cannot be,They rape you from your hawthorn foamTo make a cell of steelContinue reading “Captivity : Robert William Service : : Bird Poems : :”