Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 5, November 1898

<h2><SPAN name="A_LITTLE_BIRD" id="A_LITTLE_BIRD"></SPAN>A LITTLE BIRD.</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">A little Bird in a tree</div> <div class="verse">Made one&mdash;a man and maiden three.</div> <div class="verse">'Twas not by chance that they had met!</div> <div class="verse">"None see," they said; one can forget</div> <div class="verse indent-5">A little Bird.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">A long hot road, a strip of grass,</div> <div class="verse">'Twould tempt the Fates to let it pass!</div> <div class="verse">Two people linger in the walk;</div> <div class="verse">There's only one to hear them talk,</div> <div class="verse indent-5">A little Bird.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Long shadows stretched across the sky,</div> <div class="verse">Two people parted with a sigh,</div> <div class="verse">But there was no one there to see!</div> <div class="verse">How do I know? and who told me?</div> <div class="verse indent-5">A little Bird.</div> <div class="verse ar">&mdash;<i>E. R. C.</i></div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />