WHITE THROATED SPARROWS.
Photo by the Author.

The White throated Sparrow, a provident bird,

Revealed deepest wisdom in simplest word;

“Sow wheat and sow plenty—oh yes, sow a plenty,

Though Peverly’s small he has hunger of twenty.”

“When the granary’s full, and reapers go feastin’,

I’ll cheer you ag’in, with my fiddle-in’, fiddle-in’,

The long hours through, a-fiddle-in’, fiddle-in’.”[3]

A versatile singer, an artist o’er shy,

Now uplifted his voice to his Maker on high.