THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS 161 



my walks, and shooting before my eyes across the 

 several little glades and alleys that I pass through." 



JOSEPH ADDISON. 



THE ORIOLE'S SECRET 



To hear an oriole sing 

 May be a common thing, 

 Or only a divine. 



It is not of the bird 



Who sings the same, unheard, 



As unto crowd. 



The fashion of the ear 

 Attireth that it hear 

 In dun or fair. 



So whether it be rune, 

 Or whether it be none, 

 Is of within ; 



" The tune is in the tree," 

 The sceptic showeth me ; 

 " No, sir ! In thee ! " 



EMILY DICKINSON. 



THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS 



THERE is a bird that comes and sings 

 In the Professor's garden-trees ; 



Upon the English oak he swings, 

 And tilts and tosses in the breeze. 



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