A year with the birds (1916) (14565595649)

Identifier: cu31924000167100 (find matches)

Title: A year with the birds

Year: 1916 (1910s)

Authors: Ball, Alice Eliza, 1867- Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948. illus

Subjects: Birds Birds

Publisher: New York City, Gibbs & Van Vleck

Contributing Library: Cornell University Library

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

Text Appearing Before Image:

SCARLET TANAGER The Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 141 The Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Im a dusky bird with the breast of a rose,And I come when the pale wake-robin blows. Ive a joyous song like the robins note,Mellow and rich, from my throbbing throat. I am one of the songsters that sing at night.When the stars shine clear or the moon is bright. A. E. B. 142

Text Appearing After Image:

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK The Bobolink The Goldfinch The Yellow Warbler The Maryland Yellow-Throat The Red-Eyed Vireo The Wood Pewee The Kingbird 143 The Bobolink No poet can sing as he would of you! No trained musician, with hearing true, Can catch each wonderful liquid note That bubbles and gurgles and wells from your throat. He can listen with soul enthralled, and yield To the spell of the roadside or the field Where you dart about, and perch and swing On grass or stalk. With abandon you wing Over the meadows with showers impearled, Scattering joy abroad in the world. Flitting, alighting, you sing all day Till the golden west grows softest gray. A. E. B. 144

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