. The bird . THE A\ V J \i^ .^- THE NIGHTINGALE: CONTINUED. ^> ), The hours of silence are not barren for the niglitin- \ l^IrA gale. He gathers liis ideas and reflects ; he broods overthe songs which he has heard or has himself attempted ;he modifies and improves them with perfect tact and the false notes of an ignorant master he suljstitntesingenious and harmonious variations. The imperfect strain|) which he has learned, but has not repeated, he then repro-duces ; but made indeed his own, appropriated by his owngenius, and conveited into a nightingales melody. Do
. The bird . THE A\ V J \i^ .^- THE NIGHTINGALE: CONTINUED. ^> ), The hours of silence are not barren for the niglitin- \ l^IrA gale. He gathers liis ideas and reflects ; he broods overthe songs which he has heard or has himself attempted ;he modifies and improves them with perfect tact and the false notes of an ignorant master he suljstitntesingenious and harmonious variations. The imperfect strain|) which he has learned, but has not repeated, he then repro-duces ; but made indeed his own, appropriated by his owngenius, and conveited into a nightingales melody. Do not be discouraged, says a quaint old writer, if the young bird be not wilhng to repeat your lesson,and continue to warble ; soon he will show you that hehas not foro-otten the lessons received in autumn and o winter—a jit season for oneditation, oiving to the, length of tJienights; he will repeat them in the spring-time, It is very interesting to follow, during the winter, the nightin- f 288 THE NIGHTINGALE. gales thoughts,
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