. A year with the birds . n rRVfC- ^^ClKif|^t. SNOWFLAKE The Tree Sparrow or Winter Chippy The Tree Sparrow or Winter Chippy When lordly Winter stalks abroad, With trailing robes of snow,That hide the lovely tender things His icy breath lays low;When grasses, shrubs and hardy weeds Hold high their heads, and mockTheir tyrant lord,—from Northland woods There comes a merry flockOf feathered songsters, soft and brown, With a dark spot on each breast;They sway on stalk of golden-rod Above a snowdrifts voices ring like tinkling bells Beneath the wintry April, when with joyous s
. A year with the birds . n rRVfC- ^^ClKif|^t. SNOWFLAKE The Tree Sparrow or Winter Chippy The Tree Sparrow or Winter Chippy When lordly Winter stalks abroad, With trailing robes of snow,That hide the lovely tender things His icy breath lays low;When grasses, shrubs and hardy weeds Hold high their heads, and mockTheir tyrant lord,—from Northland woods There comes a merry flockOf feathered songsters, soft and brown, With a dark spot on each breast;They sway on stalk of golden-rod Above a snowdrifts voices ring like tinkling bells Beneath the wintry April, when with joyous songs Back to the North they fly. A. E. B. 30. TREE SPARROW The Chickadee or Black-capped Titmouse andThe Tufted Titmouse 31 The Chickadee I am cheery, black-capped Chickadee,With my head as dark as the duskiest tree;Im as gray as the boughs of the beeches as white as the snow that is lodging there;While my sides are tinged like the willow wands,That rim with yellow the streams and ponds. As I dart about, as I swing and I sway, No blinding storm doth me dismay, For Im borne with the flakes as they scurry along And I gleefully sing my tiny song: Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! This world holds nothing but good for me. When insect eggs are incased in iceIn the crystalled trunks, I fly in a triceTo the homes of the human friends I have spread me a feast on the crusted ! Chick-a-dee-dee-dee!Oh, wouldnt you like to make friends with me? A. E. B. 32
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