. Song birds and seasons . opmost branch of a fir tree andwatches attentively the lengthening days and the rising-temperature. On Saint-Antonys day days « lengthen thelength of a monks meal, » and at Gandlemass « they leng-then an hour »; and with all that the latter end of winteris at hand. By a peculiar instinct, midst rainshowers andFebruary storms, the blackbird knows that spring-time isnear. It sees the catkins on hazel-nut trees growing lon-ger; it sees that in the thickets the black hellebore is 200 THE BLACKBIRD opening its green corollas edged with rose colour : on allsides, in every
. Song birds and seasons . opmost branch of a fir tree andwatches attentively the lengthening days and the rising-temperature. On Saint-Antonys day days « lengthen thelength of a monks meal, » and at Gandlemass « they leng-then an hour »; and with all that the latter end of winteris at hand. By a peculiar instinct, midst rainshowers andFebruary storms, the blackbird knows that spring-time isnear. It sees the catkins on hazel-nut trees growing lon-ger; it sees that in the thickets the black hellebore is 200 THE BLACKBIRD opening its green corollas edged with rose colour : on allsides, in every nook and corner the woods seem to say :« Spring has returned ! » In its heart of hearts the blackbird feels it also. In itsbreast the desire of love is budding, just as buds are ap-pearing on the boughs, and suddenly it begins to whistlemerrily. That alert whistle which resounds in tlie silent,deserted forest is the first note on the fiddle which givesthe signal of the ever renewed, ever enchanting symphonyof .C SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARV FACILITN D 000 014 664
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