THE FLIGHT OF THE ROBIN.

A dear little maid, one autumn day

Stood under a maple, bright and gay,

Looking up at a robin—with wings outspread,

While in pleading tones these words she said:—

“Are you going away little robin?

Your wings are all plumed for a flight.

Would you leave me alone little robin?

Is it thus all my care you requite?”

“I’ve loved you and fed you, dear robin,