8.An English emigrant, bird of the street,
So common that some like thee not at all.
Yet in the Holy Bible we are told
The Father careth if but one should fall.—(Sparrow.)
9.Red-breasted harbinger of spring
We wait in hope to hear thee sing.—(Robin.)
10. Yellow captive of the cage,
Silver notes thou giv'st as wage.—(Canary.)
11. A flash of white upon the sea,
And yet 'tis not a sail.