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Thou little sportive, airy thing. 

 That trimm'st so oft thy yellow wingj 

 And, cheerful, pour'stthy varied lay 

 In sprighly notes, clear, rapid, gay ; 

 As jocund in thy grated dome, 

 As thou at liberty did*st roam. 



A captive born ! far from those isles 

 "Where lavish nature richly smiles, 

 And where the broad Atlantic's wave 

 Thy native rocks and mountains lave ; 

 Less sweetly there, thy song is heard, 

 Than here» from liberty debarr'd. 



E'en there, amid the palmy groves, 

 The gaudy finch in silence roves t 

 It seems as if thy carol taught 

 A lesson man has rarely caught,— 

 That cheerfulness can soothe our care 

 And teach us life's sad ills to bear. 



AnonymoiiSi 



THE CANARY FINCH. 



TRINGILLA CAN ARIA ; LINNiEUS. LE SERIN DES 



CANARIES; BUFFON. 



The Canary, so universally admired for song 

 and plumage, and so well known in every part of 



