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THE SNOW BIRD.
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WRITTEN By MR.. THOMAS FISHER.
This welI-known species The Fringlila y ,sal'I
of Wilson. is by far the most numerous of all tne
feathered tribes that visit us IN winter, from the
frozen regions of the North. Their mlgratlons
and summer nesting places extend from the noun
tain SUBMITS of the Alleghanles, 70 the AfetIc
circle. and probably beyond it. Their winter
quarters are the whole Atlantic breadth of the
United States, from Maine to Louisiana How
bird scarcely larger than your thumb can exls'
and flourish in the seVerest frosts and storms, dur
mo cold winter, is a miracle in animal chemistry.
BoLD-HEARrED bird! whose tiny form :, kssz
Herads the bleak aud bowling Storm asA


When winter, from his icy throne,


Lets loose the whrlwinds of his power, - q,
And, o'er our habitabe zone, =fszs.


Triumphs the despot of the hour.
Brave hearted bird! why-come ye here,
AT this cold season OF the year!
Those flights of summer birds, 50 gay, s,s ...--
All left us-with the summer flowers .,sLsz
Flew to the sunny South away, sez -f....--
30 Where the perennial Palm-tree towers .--a
Warm hearted bird! why stay ye here,
Cd. ' At this bleak season of the year? .,55.


How can slight and frail form 80, ,.-


Survive the frost, and sleet. and storms gT


And pray what do you get to eat? .a
Where do you warm your little feet! gEsf
Stranger! my native summer home
Is buried in the arctic night;


Resstless instinct babe me roam
y-,i How could live without the light!





Upon our mountains at the North;


Stern famine, in his robe Of snow,
,s. Has driven all our kindred forth. r.ffss..--
Our fathers loved your homestead glen,


In time Of snow, -..s . 1ca
And sheltered in your ivy then. -,...s


Long time ago. sEte..-.
We've come. to spend our winter hours,


While storm winds blow
Well CLEAN the seeds of summer flowers,


Above the snow. -....r .r.
Seeds are about the stack-yard floor,
And crumbs before the cottage door;
Nature provides ample store T. r... r..s . .... 8
For birds and men; ra~s
q There's food for all of US. and more "a q


Well come again.
80 We've taken quarters here till spring
sat+I Till then ell stay;


q But soon birds begin to sing.
-i'H +- Well fly away!


Gay birds will nestle in your bowers,
And carol o'er your summer flowers,
But other aestnies are ours;


We will not stay.
OF as theemeasufed zodiacs run, GSE
That lean our forests to the sun; 49,. s----s - F.
When summers brightest, highest noon, & s
. p. Melts back the arctic waste of snow,
And all the lovely flowers of June


Wide o'er the Northern landscapes blow,
Once more, beside the mountain rills, s....
Wen meet our loves, ,--
As happy, our native hills,
As turtle doves. -. s.
But, when again the sun sinks low,
And winter wreaths those hills with snow
When the wild snow-bast watts forth,
Well gladly leave the desert north.
We'l come again -
Our fathers loved your homestead glen,
Long time ago;
And infants smiled and gray haired men,
To greet the snow-brd once again,


In time of snow.