Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 1, January 1899

<h2><SPAN name="WHIPPOORWILL" id="WHIPPOORWILL"></SPAN>WHIPPOORWILL.</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Hark! I hear the voice again,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Softly now and low,</div> <div class="verse">When the twilight's o'er the plain</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">And the first stars glow.</div> <div class="verse">This is what it uttereth&mdash;</div> <div class="verse">In a rather mournful breath&mdash;</div> <div class="verse">"Whip-poor-will! Whip-poor-will!"</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">What has Will been doing now?</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Has he truant played</div> <div class="verse">With a sad, coquettish brow</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">From some simple maid?</div> <div class="verse">Did he steal her heart away?</div> <div class="verse">For I hear you always say</div> <div class="verse">"Whip-poor Will! Whip-poor Will!"</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Tell me now what Will has done.</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Who's to whip him, dear?</div> <div class="verse">Is he some scamp full of fun</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">That is straying near?</div> <div class="verse">Have you caught him at your nest</div> <div class="verse">By the ones you love the best?</div> <div class="verse">"Whip-poor-Will! Whip-poor-Will!"</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">That is all you seem to say,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Little bird so shy.</div> <div class="verse">Tell me now, without delay,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Why whip Will, oh! why?</div> <div class="verse">There! your voice fades in the lea&mdash;</div> <div class="verse">Leaving this command to me,</div> <div class="verse">"Whip-poor-Will! Whip-poor-Will!"</div> <div class="verse ar">&mdash;<i>Monroe H. Rosenfeld.</i></div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />