. Twelve months with the birds and poets. Birds; Birds in literature. MARCH. Why chidest thou the tardy spring? The hardy bunting does not chide; The blackbirds make the maples ring With social cheer and jubilee; The red-wing flutes his o-ka-lee, The robins know the melting snow; The sparrow meek, prophetic-eyed, Her nest beside the snow-drift weaves. Secure the osier yet will hide Her callow brood in mantling leaves,— And thou, by science all undone. Why only must thy reason fail To see the southing of the sun? The world rolls round,—mistrust it not,— Befalls again what once befell; All thing
. Twelve months with the birds and poets. Birds; Birds in literature. MARCH. Why chidest thou the tardy spring? The hardy bunting does not chide; The blackbirds make the maples ring With social cheer and jubilee; The red-wing flutes his o-ka-lee, The robins know the melting snow; The sparrow meek, prophetic-eyed, Her nest beside the snow-drift weaves. Secure the osier yet will hide Her callow brood in mantling leaves,— And thou, by science all undone. Why only must thy reason fail To see the southing of the sun? The world rolls round,—mistrust it not,— Befalls again what once befell; All things return, both sphere and mote. And I shall hear my blue bird's note, And dream the dream of Auburn ; —Emerson. ARCH brings the first hesitating hints of spring. Weary winter has retreated into the north, but Spring has not yet come, though now and then she peeps out between the al- ternating warm thunder showers and wintry snow storms of this capricious season. Riley sums it up as: "Jest rain and snow! and rain again! And dribble ! drip! and blow! Then snow! and thaw! and slush! and then— Some more rain and snow!". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harper, Samuel A. (Samuel Alain), b. 1875. [Chicago, R. F. Seymour
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