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Primo Cantante!

Scherzo! Andante!

Piano; pianissimo!

Presto; prestissimo!

Hark! are there nine birds or ninety and nine?

And now a miraculous gurgling gushes

Like nectar from Hebe's Olympian bottle;

The laughter of tune from a rapturous throttle!

Such melody must be a hermit…thrush's!

But that other caroler; nearer;

Outrivaling rivalry with clearer

Sweetness incredibly fine!

Is it oriole; redbird; or bluebird;

Or some strange; un…Auduboned new bird?

All one; sir; both this bird and that bird;

The whole flight are all the same catbird!

The whole visible and invisible choir you see

On one lithe twig of yon green tree。

Flitting; feathery Blondel!

Listen to his rondel!

To his lay romantical!

To his sacred canticle!

Hear him lilting;

See him tilting

His saucy head and tail; and fluttering

While uttering

All the difficult operas under the sun

Just for fun;

Or in tipsy revelry;

Or at love devilry;

Or; disdaining his divine gift and art;

Like an inimitable poet

Who captivates the world's heart

And don't know it。

Hear him lilt!

See him tilt!

Then suddenly he stops;

Peers about; flirts; hops;

As if looking where he might gather up

The wasted ecstasy just spilt

From the quivering cup

Of his bliss overrun。

Then; as in mockery of all

The tuneful spells that e'er did fall

From vocal pipe; or evermore shall rise;

He snarls; and mews; and flies。



William Henry Venable '1836…1920'





THE HERALD CRANE



Oh! say you so; bold sailor

In the sun…lit deeps of sky!

Dost thou so soon the seed…time tell

In thy imperial cry;

As circling in yon shoreless sea

Thine unseen form goes drifting by?



I cannot trace in the noon…day glare

Thy regal flight; O crane!

From the leaping might of the fiery light

Mine eyes recoil in pain;

But on mine ear; thine echoing cry

Falls like a bugle strain。



The mellow soil glows beneath my feet;

Where lies the buried grain;

The warm light floods the length and breadth

Of the vast; dim; shimmering plain;

Throbbing with heat and the nameless thrill

Of the birth…time's restless pain。



On weary wing; plebeian geese

Push on their arrowy line

Straight into the north; or snowy brant

In dazzling sunshine; gloom and shine;

But thou; O crane; save for thy sovereign cry;

At thy majestic height

On proud; extended wings sweep'st on

In lonely; easeful flight。



Then cry; thou martial…throated herald!

Cry to the sun; and sweep

And swing along thy mateless; tireless course

Above the clouds that sleep

Afloat on lazy air … cry on!  Send down

Thy trumpet note … it seems

The voice of hope and dauntless will;

And breaks the spell of dreams。



Hamlin Garland '1860…





THE CROW



With rakish eye and plenished crop;

Oblivious of the farmer's gun;

Upon the naked ash…tree top

The Crow sits basking in the sun。



An old ungodly rogue; I wot!

For; perched in black against the blue;

His feathers; torn with beak and shot;

Let woeful glints of April through。



The year's new grass; and; golden…eyed;

The daisies sparkle underneath;

And chestnut…trees on either side

Have opened every ruddy sheath。



But doubtful still of frost and snow;

The ash alone stands stark and bare;

And on its topmost twig the Crow

Takes the glad morning's sun and air。



William Canton '1845…





TO THE CUCKOO



Hail; beauteous stranger of the grove!

Thou messenger of Spring!

Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat;

And woods thy welcome ring。



What time the daisy decks the green;

Thy certain voice we hear:

Hast thou a star to guide thy path;

Or mark the rolling year?



Delightful visitant! with thee

I hail the time of flowers;

And hear the sound of music sweet

From birds among the bowers。



The school…boy; wandering through the wood

To pull the primrose gay;

Starts; the new voice of Spring to hear;

And imitates thy lay。



What time the pea puts on the bloom;

Thou fli'st thy vocal vale;

An annual guest in other lands;

Another Spring to hail。



Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green;

Thy sky is ever clear;

Thou hast no sorrow in thy song;

No Winter in thy year!



O could I fly; I'd fly with thee!

We'd make; with joyful wing;

Our annual visit o'er the globe;

Companions of the Spring。



John Logan '1748…1788'





THE CUCKOO



We heard it calling; clear and low;

That tender April morn; we stood

And listened in the quiet wood;

We heard it; ay; long years ago。



It came; and with a strange; sweet cry;

A friend; but from a far…off land;

We stood and listened; hand in hand;

And heart to heart; my Love and I。



In dreamland then we found our joy;

And so it seemed as 'twere the Bird

That Helen in old times had heard

At noon beneath the oaks of Troy。



O time far off; and yet so near!

It came to her in that hushed grove;

It warbled while the wooing throve;

It sang the song she loved to hear。



And now I hear its voice again;

And still its message is of peace;

It sings of love that will not cease …

For me it never sings in vain。



Frederick Locker…Lampson '1821…1895'





TO THE CUCKOO



O blithe New…comer!  I have heard;

I hear thee and rejoice。

O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird; 

Or but a wandering Voice?



While I am lying on the grass

Thy twofold shout I hear;

From hill to hill it seems to pass;

At once far off; and near。



Though babbling only to the Vale

Of sunshine and of flowers;

Thou bringest unto me a tale

Of visionary hours。



Thrice welcome; darling of the Spring!

Even yet thou art to me

No bird; but an invisible thing;

A voice; a mystery;



The same whom in my school…boy days

I listened to; that Cry

Which made me look a thousand ways;

In bush; and tree; and sky。



To seek thee did I often rove

Through woods and on the green;

And thou wert still a hope; a love;

Still longed for; never seen。



And I can listen to thee yet;

Can lie upon the plain

And listen; till I do beget

That golden time again。



O blessed Bird! the earth we pace

Again appears to be

An unsubstantial; faery place;

That is fit home for Thee!



William Wordsworth '1770…1850'





THE EAGLE

A Fragment



He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands;

Ringed with the azure world; he stands。



The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls;

And like a thunderbolt he falls。



Alfred Tennyson '1809…1892'





THE HAWKBIT



How sweetly on the autumn scene;

When haws are red amid the green;

The hawkbit shines with face of cheer;

The favorite of the faltering year!



When days grow short and nights grow cold;

How fairly gleams its eye of gold

On pastured field and grassy hill;

Along the roadside and the rill!



It seems the spirit of a flower;

This offspring of the autumn hour;

Wandering back to earth to bring

Some kindly afterthought of spring。



A dandelion's ghost might so

Amid Elysian meadows blow;

Become more fragile and more fine

Breathing the atmosphere divine。



Charles G。 D。 Roberts '1860…





THE HERON



O melancholy bird; a winter's day

Thou standest by the margin of the pool;

And; taught by God; dost thy whole being school

To Patience; which all evil can allay。

God has appointed thee the Fish thy prey;

And given thyself a lesson to the Fool

Unthrifty; to submit to moral rule;

And his unthinking course by thee to weigh。

There need not schools; nor the Professor's chair;

Though these be good; true wisdom to impart;

He; who has not enough for these to spare

Of time; or gold; may yet amend his heart;

And teach his soul; by brooks and rivers fair:

Nature is always wise in every part。



Edward Hovell…Thurlow '1781…1829'





THE JACKDAW



There is a bird; who by his coat;

And by the hoarseness of his note;

Might be supposed a crow;

A great frequenter of the church;

Where bishop…like he finds a perch;

And dormitory too。



Above the steeple shines a plate;

That turns and turns; to indicate

From what point blows the weather;

Look up … your brains begin to swim;

'Tis in the clouds … that pleases him;

He chooses it the rather。



Fond of the speculative height; 

Thither he wings his airy flight;

And thence securely sees

The bustle and the raree…show;

That occupy mankind below;

Secure and at his ease。



You think; no doubt; he sits and muses

On future broken bones and bruises;

If he should chance to fall。

No: not a single thought like that

Employs his philosophic pate;

Or troubles it at all。



He sees that this great roundabout;

The world; with all its medley rout;

Church; army; physic; law;

Its customs; and its businesses

Is no concern at all of his;

And says … what says he? … 〃Caw。〃



Thrice happy bird!  I too have seen

Much of the vanities of men;

And; sick of having seen 'em;

Would cheerfully these limbs resign

For such a pair of wings as thine;

And such a head between 'em。



From the Latin of Vincent Bourne;

by William Cowper '1731…1800'





THE GREEN LINNET



Beneath these fruit…tree boughs that shed

Their snow…white blossoms on my head;

With brightest sunshine round me spread

Of Spring's unclouded weather;

In this sequestered nook how sweet

To sit upon my orchard…seat!

And flowers and birds once more to greet;

My last year's friends together。



One have I marked; the happiest guest

In all this covert of the blest:

Hail to Thee; far above the rest

In joy of voice and pinion!

Thou; Linnet! in thy green array

Presiding Spirit here to…day

Dost lead the revels of the May;

And this is thy dominion。



While birds; and butterflies; and flowers

Make all one band of paramours;

Thou; ranging up and down the bow
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