Identifier: birdsinliteratur00chur (find matches)
Title: Birds in literature
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Churchill, Abby P. (Abby Peirce)
Subjects: Birds in literature
Publisher: Worcester, Mass. : Davis Press
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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of the first whose gentlewarblings attracted their notice, and, from its resemblanceto the beloved Robin Redbreast of their native land, theycalled it the Blue Robin. Florence A. Merriam. Birds of Village and Field.^ When Nature made the bluebird, she wished to propi-tiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the colorof one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast,and ordained that his appearance in spring should denotethat the strife and war between these two elements wasat an end. He is the peace-harbinger; in him the celestialand terrestrial strike hands and are fast friends. Burroughs. Wake Robin.^ If the king-bird is one of the chief sinners, the bluebirdcertainly ranks among the highest of the feathered saints—a Nathaniel indeed, in whom is no guile. Its mellow,coaxing love-note is one of the most affectionate soundsin nature, and matches the delicate gentleness of its ways,making it the favorite alike of poet and peasant. Parkhurst. The Birds Calendar.^^ 24
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Bluebird The bluebird comes, and with his warble drills the ice,and sets free the rivers and ponds and frozen ground. Thoreau. Spring. 12 Song: ^The violet of sound.The warble of this bird is innocent and celestial likeits color. Thoreau. Their short rich warble curls through the air. Thoreau. Dear! dear! think of it, think of it.Purity, purity. Burroughs. Tru-al-ly, tru-al-ly. Blanchan. Far-away, far-away. (in autumn.)Drearily, drearily. (in autumn.) A bit of heaven itself Winging, springing, always flinging,Flinging music all about him. Harriet Prescott Spofford.25 Bluebird A welcome warm aw^aits thee Bright herald of the spring. Selected. Sparrows far off, and nearer, Aprils bird,Blue-coated,—flying before from tree to tree,Courageous sing a dehcate overtureTo lead the tardy concert of the year. Emerson. Hark! T is the bluebirds venturous strainHigh on the old fringed elm at the gate—Sweet-voiced, valiant on the swaying bough. Alert, elate.Dodging the fitful spits of snow,New E

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