Till stones by me hurled put them all to flight.
Again was felt a pause, a silence deep,
When four of the feathered friends who copy song,
Were planning fain their secret, potent word,
Worthy of the wisest of mankind;
The proud quartette then took the airy stage:
Cardinal
By courtesy of G. P. Putnam Sons, Publishers, and P. Schuyler Matthews, Author of “Book of Birds For Young People.”
“They call us imitators evermore,