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Show ""5L MARY'S A(ADEir 1 THE WHITE BIRD'S SONG. I wondered in the fore-t isles In leafy summer-tide. And far above the beaming smiles . A gorgeous sunset died. And while I sat in shady nooks An echo floated sweet. Ffir softer than the voice of brooks That rippled at my feet. I looked, and lo! a snowy bird On bending willow swaved. Whose feathers white bv'zephvrs stirred A fairy picture iade. The sparkling beams of sunlight fell 1'pon its gleaming breast. While o'er me came a'mvstic spell That lulled my heart to rest. Its warbling notes more softly fell Than petals from a rose. Or tones from out a silverv bell That music skyward throws. It flitted through the glossy leaves Till o'er the skv of blue The dusky veil of night was drawn, Then swiftly onward flew. And all in vain its happv flight 1 tried to stop. Ere long Beneath the purple shades of niarht Swift died the white bird's song. FLORKNCE MINTOSH. Class '02, St. Mary's Academy. |