. Pictures in verse. Mmu^mC^ CAGED. /^UR jest and gossip ceased at last;It seemd as if my lips were me, such holy hopes loomd then ;My mind could only think, soon she cried out, How absurd ! And laughd, whereat her little birdCaught up the music of the word,And trilld an echo, loud and , deafend quite, she checkd the song. That bird, said she,— Hush, hush, you thing !-Flew in the window here, one caught and caged him, and he grewThe sweetest pet that ever flew ;I hold my finger toward him down he flies and lights, you pecks my hair and lips,
. Pictures in verse. Mmu^mC^ CAGED. /^UR jest and gossip ceased at last;It seemd as if my lips were me, such holy hopes loomd then ;My mind could only think, soon she cried out, How absurd ! And laughd, whereat her little birdCaught up the music of the word,And trilld an echo, loud and , deafend quite, she checkd the song. That bird, said she,— Hush, hush, you thing !-Flew in the window here, one caught and caged him, and he grewThe sweetest pet that ever flew ;I hold my finger toward him down he flies and lights, you pecks my hair and lips, and oh,You ought to see how jantilyHe perks his head and chirps for me!. CAGED. 14 CAGED. Last year, he flew away, one then, the scene we had ! the wayWe wept for him ; and searchd the town!And how it made the neighbors frownThe twentieth time we askd for him !But, just as day was growing ht on yonder ash-tree Hmb ;And Dick, I calld, and back he flew;Now, did nt you, birdie ?—naughty you ! With this again she laughd at him ;And I,—I thought the room grew dim;And then I whisperd : Dear, a word—For I—I know one other birdThat longs so much to fly to you ;And, dearest, you may cage it too ;T will sing, and serve, and be so then she blushd, and then she wept,And then this bird of love she kept.
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