. Lilt o' the birds . BOSTON SHERMAN, FRENCH & COMPANY 1912 COPTBIGHT, 1913 Shebmax, French l^•- Companx //>^/• /^ fW « •> »-V /-\ — •• 4 CONTENTS PAGE YE MERRY BIRDS 1 THE CAPTIVE BIRD 2 JENNY WREN 3 THE THRUSH 4 THE HOMING DOVE 5 O BIRD THAT CLEAVES THE AZURE SKIES 6 THE ORIOLE 7 THE SONG OF THE BOBOLINK 8 OH, TELL ME, YE BIRDS 9 THE SEA GULL 10 TO A HUMMING BIRD 11 THE SONG SPARROW 13 THE WOUNDED BIRD 1* THE BEREAVED ROBIN 16 SPARE THE GENTLE SONGSTER 17 THE WHIPPOORWILL ^^ ILLUSTRATIONS Facing pageFRONTISPIECE ^ THE THRUSH 4 k THE ORIOLE 7 ^ THE HUMMING BIRD 11 i^ THE SONG SPARROW 12

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. Lilt o' the birds . BOSTON SHERMAN, FRENCH & COMPANY 1912 COPTBIGHT, 1913 Shebmax, French l^•- Companx //>^/• /^ fW « •> »-V /-\ — •• 4 CONTENTS PAGE YE MERRY BIRDS 1 THE CAPTIVE BIRD 2 JENNY WREN 3 THE THRUSH 4 THE HOMING DOVE 5 O BIRD THAT CLEAVES THE AZURE SKIES 6 THE ORIOLE 7 THE SONG OF THE BOBOLINK 8 OH, TELL ME, YE BIRDS 9 THE SEA GULL 10 TO A HUMMING BIRD 11 THE SONG SPARROW 13 THE WOUNDED BIRD 1* THE BEREAVED ROBIN 16 SPARE THE GENTLE SONGSTER 17 THE WHIPPOORWILL ^^ ILLUSTRATIONS Facing pageFRONTISPIECE ^ THE THRUSH 4 k THE ORIOLE 7 ^ THE HUMMING BIRD 11 i^ THE SONG SPARROW 12 ^ THE BEREAVED ROBIN 16 ^ YE MERRY BIRDS Oh, where shall tongue or pen find wordsTo sing your praise, ye merry birds; Your pretty forms, your gentle graceful flight athwart the skies;Your plumage soft of colors rare,Your joy songs pulsing everj^vhere?Nay, words of mine impotent seemTo fitly clothe the fertile theme. Ah, what a cheerless world twould beWithout your song and flight so free;

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