. A year with the birds . , bowed beneath his cross, climbed up thedreary hill, And from the agonizing wreath ran many a crimsonrill; The cruel Roman thrust him on with unrelenting hand, Till, staggering slowly, mid the crowd. He fell uponthe sand. A little bird that warbled near, that memorable day, Flitted around and strove to wrench one single thornaway; The cruel spike impaled his breast,—and thus, tissweetly said. The Robin has his silver vest incarnadined with red. Selected from James Ryder Randall{E. C. Stedmans Anthology) The Blackbird or Purple Grackle In clumps of pines and spruces t
. A year with the birds . , bowed beneath his cross, climbed up thedreary hill, And from the agonizing wreath ran many a crimsonrill; The cruel Roman thrust him on with unrelenting hand, Till, staggering slowly, mid the crowd. He fell uponthe sand. A little bird that warbled near, that memorable day, Flitted around and strove to wrench one single thornaway; The cruel spike impaled his breast,—and thus, tissweetly said. The Robin has his silver vest incarnadined with red. Selected from James Ryder Randall{E. C. Stedmans Anthology) The Blackbird or Purple Grackle In clumps of pines and spruces tallThe blackbirds love to congregate, And there they creak and squeak; their callSounds like a rusty garden-gate. Their tails are kite-shaped as they fly; Youll see, when they are on the ground,How knowing is each yellow eye, As haughtily they walk around. Their heads like brilliant jewels gleamWith bronze and purple, green and blue; Theyre not so lovely as they nests they rob—black deeds they do. A. E. B. 64. The Red-Winged Blackbird 65 *The Red-winged blackbird In meadows where a streamlet flows Or sedges rim a pool,There swings upon a blade of green Beside the waters cool,A bird of black, with epaulets Of red and gold. With gleeHe plays upon his Magic Flute; 0-o-ka-ree! 0-o-ka-ree! A. E. B. *NoTE.—The upper figure in the picture is the male bird; the lower,the female. 66
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