Tree with a Bird in it

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page24" name="page24"></SPAN>[24]</span></p> <div><SPAN name="h2H_4_0017" id="h2H_4_0017"></SPAN></div> <h2> <i>Margaret Widdemer</i> </h2> <p class="quote"> (Clutching a non-existent portière with one hand.)</p> <h3> THE SIGHING TREE </h3> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The folk of the wood called me&mdash; </p> <p class="i4"> "There sits a golden bird </p> <p class="i2"> Upon your mother's pear-tree&mdash;" </p> <p class="i4"> But I never said a word. </p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Sleepy People whispered&mdash; </p> <p class="i4"> "The bird is singing now." </p> <p class="i2"> But I felt not then like leaving bed </p> <p class="i4"> Nor listening beneath the bough. </p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> But the wronged world beat my portals&mdash; </p> <p class="i4"> "Come out or be sore oppressed!" </p> <p class="i2"> So I threw a stone at the grackle </p> <p class="i4"> And my throbbing heart had rest. </p> </div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page25" name="page25"></SPAN>[25]</span></p> <div style="height: 2em;"><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0006"></SPAN> <SPAN href="images/i004.jpg"><ANTIMG src="images/i004.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="550" title="Caricature of Margaret Widdemer" alt="(caricature of Margaret Widdemer)" /></SPAN></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page26" name="page26"></SPAN>[26]</span></p> <div style="height: 2em;"><br/><br/></div> <p><!--[Blank Page]--><br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />