WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 
OLIVET. Lowell Mason. 
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My faith looks up to Thee, 
That is the musical form, but his melody is a bit differ. 
ent, not to speak of the character “of the sentiment, 
which can not for a moment be questioned : 
3-88 dim. 
It is a short song but it is sung with feeling, and without 
the piquant anxiety of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, or 
the nervous fluster of the Robin; there is something 
tranquil and soothing about it. He sings leisurely in a 
tree by the roadside, and waits long enough for an 
answer ; in another moment there comes a response from 
a neighboring tree, and White-crown number two con- 
tinues the love song : 
Then number three supplements the two foregoing songs 
by a marked variation : 
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