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Show THE ROBINS. Selected. Thv choose their nook, the bonnie birds, 'Mttl the crah tree's puM timed -now: And her three biue tgn the bruwn hen laid In her arm sod ne neath the blossom' .hade; And f M t iem ihe kept her wait h of love. And patient her mate to teed hr .trove, tint it's oil. and it's oh, fur the bonute Surds, j For a weary wait tliey had, ' While the hours darn ed by.'iieath the v4 ret spring sky And the thickets tang where the thrnslY, sang, And the helds, were with cowslips elad They hatched their egi;s, the bonaie birds, Hv one, by two, by three; And four by tour each yellow bill Gaped wide for the parent' toil to fill. And the Robins on swift, untiring wing. Tended each clamoring nestling. But it's oh. and it's oh. for the bonnie birds, For a heavy tak was theirs. As from minis first lijjhl to the (all o! night Still to and fro. on their quest they went Nor ever might cease from cares. They tended their young, the bonnie birds. Till the counted weeks were past. Till the down ureydarkupon back and crest, And the red turned bright on each little breast; And with chirp and twitter and preen of feather. The brood hopped out of the nest together. And it's oh, and its oh, lor the bonnie birds. Who had worked their day; Worked hour by hour, through sun and shower, Ft their task was done; and then one by one The fledglings flew away! |
