Bobolink. Reed Bird. Rice Bird 



tinkle sprinkle such a liquid mellow glee wet your whistle 

 bob temperance O gush a gurgle scatter spatter such a 

 carol as she alone can follow follow pipe it pipe it bob O 

 tintinnabulate for temperance temperance whink a seeble 

 seeble here I go across the clover sprink a j inkle sprinkle 

 treble burst a bubble purl a babble gabble glee shake it 

 out upon the meadow chink a link a wheedle see look'ee- 

 look'ee ninkum ninkum deacon yonder see yessir yessir 

 funny fellow he whew whew but I must seek a rest for 

 my cap is coming off and I can hardly keep my jacket 

 on whew temperance" 



GIBSON. Starlight and Sunshine. 33 



Gladness of woods, skies, waters, all in one, 



The bobolink has come, and, like the soul 



Of the sweet season vocal in a bird, 



Gurgles in ecstasy we know not what 



Save June! Dear June! Now God be praised for June. 



LOWELL. 



June's bridesman, poet o' the year, 



Gladness on wings, the bobolink, is here; 



Half -hid in tip-top apple blooms he swings, 



Or climbs aginst the breeze with quiver' in wings, 



Or, givin' way to 't in a mock despair, 



Runs down, a brook o' laughter, thru the air. 



LOWELL. 



Why, I'd give more for one live bobolink 

 Than a square mile o' larks in printer's ink. 



LOWELL. 



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