. Birds and nature . to sea,Even now thy wings aweary, Turn thee, lest the waters beDreary still and dreary. Nay, my wings, my wings are strong,Rest shall come at evensong. Be thy quest whateer it may,Wind and wave thy sure undoing. These shall steal thy strength away,For the storms a-brewing. Nay, my heart, my heart is warm,I shall rise above the storm. Out and out and out to this rock unkind and lonely? Here nor home nor help for beaches only. Nay, thine eyes, thine eyes are the riven rock is kind. Comes a sea-call, hark, oh hark! What is this to thee-ward hiei
. Birds and nature . to sea,Even now thy wings aweary, Turn thee, lest the waters beDreary still and dreary. Nay, my wings, my wings are strong,Rest shall come at evensong. Be thy quest whateer it may,Wind and wave thy sure undoing. These shall steal thy strength away,For the storms a-brewing. Nay, my heart, my heart is warm,I shall rise above the storm. Out and out and out to this rock unkind and lonely? Here nor home nor help for beaches only. Nay, thine eyes, thine eyes are the riven rock is kind. Comes a sea-call, hark, oh hark! What is this to thee-ward hieing?As the twilight fades to dark, *Tis thy mate a-flying. Yea, my love, my love hath , my heart, hath found its home. Surely on the shore afar Thou couldst hear no love thy tired wings resting are. As the night is falling. Nay, until thyself hast wilt doubt the Master Word. —George H. Maitland. 96 ^ VoL XIX MARCH, 1906 The beautiful is as useful as the MQet\i\.—Victor Hugo. No- 3. THE STORMY PETRELi {Bryan Waller Procter) [Poem] THE AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK [Illustration] A BIRDS-EYE-VIEW (Albert W. Gaines) THE WHITE BIRCH (Frederick E. Reebe) [Poem] THE BLACK DUCK [Illustration] CURIOUS TREES (Belle Paxson Drury) THE BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (Collins Thurber) [Illustration] PICTURES IN CRYSTAL (George Bancroft Griffith) [Poem] STEMS AND BUDS (Mary Lee Van Hook) GREEN LEAVES (CHiarles F. Fudge) [Poem] THE WILSONS PETREL [Illustration] THE STORY OP THE ARBUTUS (Julia Root Stephenson) A SPRING MESSENGER (J. Frank Richman) [Poem] - THE IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER [Illustration] ORIGIN OF BIRD SONG (Edith Drury Lemington) [Poem] LIFE OF A JUVENILE OSTRICH (E. H. Rydall) CALIFORNIA POPPIES (Ella F. Mosby) [Poem] THE AMERICAN COOT (H. Walton Clark) [Illustration] THE THRESHOLD OF SPRING (Lucina Haynes Lombard) THE SILVER PHEASANT [Illustration] TREE LORE (Emily P, Bass) PANSY-FACES (Mrs. Merrill E. Gates) [Poem] - THE RALLY OF THE CROWS (Harriet S. Osmond)
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