Rural School Leaflet 1055 



QUOTATIONS 



SONG SPARROW 



A lofty place he does not love, 



But sits by choice, and well at ease, 

 In hedges, and in little trees 



That stretch their slender arms above 

 The meadow brook; and there he sings 



Till all the field with pleasure rings; 

 And so he tells in every ear. 



That lowly homes to heaven are near 

 In " sweet-sweet-sweet-very merry cheer." 



From The Song Sparrow 



by HENRY VAN DYKE 



CHIPPING SPARROW 



I hear the sparrow's ditty 

 Anear my study door; 

 A simple song of gladness 

 That winter days are o'er; 

 My heart is singing with him 

 I love him more and more. 



From A March Glee 



by JOHN BURROUGHS 



WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 



I take my way where sentry cedars stand 



Along the bushy lane, 

 And white throats stir and call on every hand. 



Or lift their wavering strain. 



From In October 



by JOHN BURROUGHS 



WILD GEESE 



Hark, what a clamor goes winging through the sky! 

 Look, children! listen to the sound so wild and high! 

 Like a peal of broken bells, — kling, klang, khng, — • 

 Far and high the wild geese cry, " Spring! It is spring!" 



From Wild Geese 



by CELIA THAXTER 



BLUEBIRD 



The world rolls round — mistrust it not 



Befalls again what once befell; 

 All things return, both sphere and mote, 



And I shall hear my bluebird's note, 

 And dream the dream of Auburn dell. 



From May Day 



by RALPH WALDO EMERSON 



