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THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS. 
Anguish her heart would inly wear, 
Fear freeze, or boiling passion storm, 
Or frantic madness wildly tear ; — 
Think, boy, of this, and stay thine arm. 
The water-thrush (turdus aquaticus) of Wilson^s 
American Ornithology, he says, " passes through 
Pennsylvania to the north ; is seen along the channels 
of our solitary streams for ten or twelve days ; after- 
wards disappears until August/' 
It is probable that it breeds in the higher moun- 
tainous districts even of this state. He adds, " Emi- 
nently distinguished by the loudness, sweetness, and 
expressive vivacity of their notes, which, being very 
high and clear, fall with an almost imperceptible 
gradation till they are scarcely articulated. At these 
times, the musician is perched on the middle branches 
of a tree, over the brook or river bank, pouring out 
his charming melody, that may be distinctly heard for 
half a mile ; the voice of this little bird appeared to 
me so exquisitely sweet and expressive, that I was 
never tired of listening, while traversing the deep 
shaded hollows of those cane-brakes where it 
usually resorts.'' In allusion to the water-thrush, 
