THE NIGHTINGALE. 



" Night from her ebon throne stoops down to listen 



To this the sweetest songster of the grove ; 

 And pulses thrill, and eyes with rapture glisten, 

 As forth she pours her plaintive song of love." 



THIS bird is decidedly the most melodious of all 

 singing-birds. The compass, flexibility, prodigious 

 variety, and harmony of his voice, make him the 

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