The Singer.
Silly bird 1 When his mate is near, Not a note of singing shall you hear. Take his little love away, Half tho livelong day Will his tune be heard — Silly bird I Sunny days Silent basks he in the light, Little Sybarite 1 But when all the room Darkens in the gloom, And the rain Pours and pours along the pane, He is bent (Ah, the small inconsequent !) On defying all the weather ; Rain and cloud and storm together Naught to him, Singing like the seraphim. So we know a poet's ways : Suuny day Silent he In his fine serenity : But if winds are load, He will pipe beneath the cloud, And if one is far away, Sings his heart out, as to say — " It may be She will hear and comn to me."
—E. R. S.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1994, 18 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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140The Singer. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1994, 18 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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