NESTS OF BIRDS. 17 



Shall upward grow, will prompt his mind 

 To all that's good and great — refin'd ; 

 And when, perhaps, my voice is mute, 

 When silent hangs my minstrel lute, 

 Awaking only to the breeze 

 Some fitful strains, not such as these; 

 When ALL that may remain of me. 

 You in my thought, my song shall see. 

 You will remind him, that 'twas I 

 Who struck these chords of minstrelsy. 

 Simple, in sooth, they are, and trite, 

 Yet will, I hope, the mind excite 

 To pleasures simple as my lay. 

 Yet pure as truth — as sunshine gay. 

 You will remind your favourite boy 

 I lov'd him — wish'd him every joy; 

 And, should he listen to my strain, 

 I, Lady! have not liv'd in vain. 



Oh teach him, when you will know best. 

 To love, admire the warblers' nest ;* 



* The strnctore of the nests of birds afF6rds, perhapj;, one 

 of t!ie most agreeable lessons in Natural History. 



Among the most curious nests of our English birds may be 

 named that of the fVren, the Long-tailed Titmouse, the Thrush, 

 the Goldfinch, the Chaffinch, the Magpie, and the House Spari'ow; 

 to these may also be added the Sivallow's, the Martin's, the Wood 

 Pigeons, and the Wood- Pecker's. Of the nests of Rooks^, it may 

 be sufficient to observe, that they are often found to the num- 

 ber of six, or even more, in a cluster. Crows' nests are al\\ay& 

 solitary; they are similar in structure to those of the rook. 



