. A year with the birds . oing you, And blessing you, blithe little sparrow! Lucy Larcom 88 The Vesper SparrowThe Chipping Sparrow 89 The Vesper Sparrow When the meadows are brown, or flushed with green, And the larks glad note rings clear;When the field-sparrows voice like a silver bell Chimes a melody sweet to hear;A small brown bird with bay-capped wings. And feathers white in his along by a roadside hedge. Or alights on a zigzag rail;And breathes out a song entrancing, Of a beauty surpassed by few—A wistful, plaintive, minor strain— 0 Sweetheart, I love you! When a mist of gr

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. A year with the birds . oing you, And blessing you, blithe little sparrow! Lucy Larcom 88 The Vesper SparrowThe Chipping Sparrow 89 The Vesper Sparrow When the meadows are brown, or flushed with green, And the larks glad note rings clear;When the field-sparrows voice like a silver bell Chimes a melody sweet to hear;A small brown bird with bay-capped wings. And feathers white in his along by a roadside hedge. Or alights on a zigzag rail;And breathes out a song entrancing, Of a beauty surpassed by few—A wistful, plaintive, minor strain— 0 Sweetheart, I love you! When a mist of green oerspreads the trees. And corals and rubies gayAre hung on the maple and red-bud boughs. And the brooks are babbling away;When the setting sun goes down in a glow Of the purest primrose the pearly east reflects a flush From the glories the west doth hold;This brown bird then, with a soul in his voice, Sings to his mate so true,The tenderest song of the April choir— 0, Sweetheart, I love you! A. E. B. 90.

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