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VOL. II. 



JULY & AUG., 1889. 



NO. 7 & 8. 



THE SONG SPARROW. 



L. OTLEY PINDAR. 



In the early part of winter 



When the woods are bare and leafless, 



And the gaily feathered songsters 



All have left the woods and meadows 



Where they sang throughout the summer, 



When the Cardinal is silent 



And the Mockingbird is moping 



Waiting the return of summer; 



Comes a singer from the Northland, 



Rather small and plainly colored, 



But he perches on the branches 



Of some tree along the wayside, 



And he sings throughout the winter, 



Never caring for the bitter 



Winds that whistle all around him. 



But when spring returns, and with her 

 Comes the host of forest singers, 

 Who had left us in the autumn, 

 Whe'n the Cardinal's rich whistle 

 And the Mockingbird's sweet music 

 Loudly sing from all directions; 



