The sylvan glade of a bird sanctuary.
[1]. The complete programme of the original production of the masque, as first enacted at Meriden, New Hampshire, by members of the Cornish Colony and the Meriden Bird Club, is printed in the Afterword of this volume.
THE PRELUDE
THE LITTLE GIRL FALLS INTO REVERIE
THE PRELUDE
Wandering in the quiet of the bird sanctuary, a little girl hears the voice of a hermit thrush, and meditates this song:
THE SONG
While walking through a lonely wood
I heard a lovely voice: