tTbe Bittern. 



Vol. I. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October, 1900. No. 3. 



IRobin IRebbreast. 



JBv IKailUam HlHngbam. 



Good-bye, g-ood-bye to Summer ! 



For Summer's nearly done; 

 The g-arden smiling- faintly. 



Cool breezes in the sun ; 

 Our thrushes now are silent, 



Our swallows flown away,— 

 But Robin's here in coat of brown, 



And scarlet breast-knot g-ay. 

 Robin, Robin, Redbreast, 



O, Robin, dear ! 

 Robin sing-s so sweetly 



In the falling- of the year. 



Brig-ht yellow, red, and orange. 

 The leaves come down in hosts ; 



The trees are Indian princes, 

 But soon they'll turn to g-hosts ; 



The leathery pears and apples 

 Hang russet on the bough ; 



