Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.

George William Curtis 1824–1892

George William Curtis

152 Spring Song

A BIRD sang sweet and strong

In the top of the highest tree,

He said, “I pour out my heart in song

For the summer that soon shall be.”

But deep in the shady wood,

Another bird sang, “I pour

My heart on the solemn solitude

For the springs that return no more.”