Ontario Readers Third Book, The

<h2><SPAN name="Robin" id="Robin"></SPAN>THE ROBIN'S SONG</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>"When the willows gleam along the brooks,<br/></span> <span>And the grass grows green in sunny nooks,<br/></span> <span class="i1">In the sunshine and the rain<br/></span> <span class="i1">I hear the robin in the lane<br/></span> <span class="i2">Singing, 'Cheerily,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cheer up, cheer up;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cheerily, cheerily,<br/></span> <span class="i3">Cheer up.'<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>"But the snow is still<br/></span> <span>Along the walls and on the hill.<br/></span> <span class="i1">The days are cold, the nights forlorn,<br/></span> <span class="i1">For one is here and one is gone.<br/></span> <span class="i2">'Tut, tut. Cheerily,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cheer up, cheer up;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cheerily, cheerily,<br/></span> <span class="i3">Cheer up.'<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>"When spring hopes seem to wane,<br/></span> <span>I hear the joyful strain&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i1">A song at night, a song at morn,<br/></span> <span class="i1">A lesson deep to me is borne,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Hearing, 'Cheerily,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cheer up, cheer up;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Cheerily, cheerily,<br/></span> <span class="i3">Cheer up.'"<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Unknown</span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />