. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . ind from the landscapesand the skies at every point of the progress. Hill,wood, rock, tree, shrub, and flower on the earth,and fleecy clouds, clear spaces of blue, and broadfcitripes and scattered stains of gold and crimson iuthe heavens, impart something which locomotionsolely, or journeying or voyaging as with bandagesover the eyes, would not bring. This something is ANIMALS AND BIRDS OF CAPE ANN. 163 supplemented by the beauty and music of the birds ;for they are everywhere around, — in the trees, inthe thickets, on wall, roof, rock, beach, wave,—in the air with
. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . ind from the landscapesand the skies at every point of the progress. Hill,wood, rock, tree, shrub, and flower on the earth,and fleecy clouds, clear spaces of blue, and broadfcitripes and scattered stains of gold and crimson iuthe heavens, impart something which locomotionsolely, or journeying or voyaging as with bandagesover the eyes, would not bring. This something is ANIMALS AND BIRDS OF CAPE ANN. 163 supplemented by the beauty and music of the birds ;for they are everywhere around, — in the trees, inthe thickets, on wall, roof, rock, beach, wave,—in the air with motionless wings making circles, orwith vigorous plying of wings darting from tree totree, or swiftly passing from point to point. Oneis more agreeably affected in March by the glanceof the first bluebirds wing, or by his earliest sim-ple notes, than he can employ words to , his heart is touched by the conversation ofthe social, excited swallows on the eaves. Therobins song comes to his ear as freighted with a. OVERLOOK. message from a land of perpetual summer. Theblackbirds in the elms lofty top, on a breezy day,rising and sinking -with the branches, and whistlinglike the w^nd sweeping through the rigging ofships, stir him to new effort, to brave and cheerful 164 PIGEON COVE AND VICINITY. renewal of exertion to fulfil the ends of life. Thechickadees, never idle, alwa3s singing their brief,happy song, teach him the lesson of confidence andpei*sistency. As he passes the brooks fringe ofalders, the redstart springs from the shade, andalighting on a twig, unwittingly winning admi-ration, illustrates the success of the overtakenwayfarers unexpected brilliant thought. Thesong-spaiTOw, near the wayside cottage on thetop of the gate-post, or by the sea on the peakof a boulder, with head uplifted, and breastadorned with a single black spot, trembling withjoy, sj)rinkles the air with clearest and brightestdrops of melody. The titmouse, busy among theleaves of the maple in
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