The Bluebird by John Burroughs
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2011
The farm boy hears thy tender voice, And visions come of crystal days, With sugar-camps in maple ways, And scenes that make his heart rejoice. He is happy the bluebird has returned and he hopes that it will nest by his house in “Downy’s cell,&# that is, the abandoned hole of a Downy Woodpecker. Hat-tip to Stella.
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