FOOTNOTES:
[386:1] First published in the Morning Post, October 16, 1802: included in Sibylline Leaves, in 1828, 1829, and 1834.
LINENOTES:
[Title]] The Language of Birds: Lines spoken extempore, to a little child, in early spring M. P.
Between [6-7]
'I love, and I love,' almost all the birds say
From sunrise to star-rise, so gladsome are they.
M. P.
After [10]
'Tis no wonder that he's full of joy to the brim,
When He loves his Love, and his Love loves him.