THE BLUEBIRD

WHEN God had made a host of them,
One little flower still lacked a stem
To hold its blossom blue;
So into it He breathed a song,
And suddenly, with petals strong
As wings, away it flew.

THE WOODPECKER

THE wizard of the woods is he;
For in his daily round,
Where'er he finds a rotting tree,
He makes the timber sound.

CHIMNEY STACKS

IN winter's cold and summer's heat
The hospitable chimneys greet
Their never-failing guests;
For when the sparks are upward gone,
The swallows downward come anon,
To build their neighboring nests.