[A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE.] 1 [THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. (Regulus satrapa.)] 2 [THE TALKING PINE TREE.] 5 [THE KING RAIL. (Rallus elegans.)] 11 [BETWEEN THE DAYLIGHT AND THE DARK.] 12 [TO A NUTHATCH.] 13 [THE BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. (Sitta pusilla.)] 14 [MY RED-HEADED NEIGHBORS.] 17 [BEAUTIFUL SNOW.] 20 [THE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. (Accipiter velox.)] 23 [BIRDS ON THE WING.] 24 [A SUNSET CLUB.] 25 [QUARTZ.] 26 [EVENING IN THE CANYON.] 30 [BERRIES OF THE WOODS.] 31 [EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF NATURAL OBJECTS.] 32 [TWO STRANGE HOMES.] 32 [THE GREENLAND WHALE. (Balaena mysticetus.)] 35 [Through the silent watches of the night] 37 [THE THISTLE.] 38 [The smallest effort is not lost] 41 [WITH SILVER CHAINS AND GAY ATTIRE.] 42 [THE BIRDS IN THEIR WINTER HOME. (In the Woods.)] 43 [IRISH MOSS. (Chondrus crispus lyngb.)] 47 [THE CARDINAL FLOWER.] 48
A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR’S EVE.
Stay yet, my friends, a moment stay—
Stay till the good old year,
So long companion of our way,
Shakes hands and leaves us here.
Oh stay, oh stay,
One little hour, and then away.
The year, whose hopes were high and strong,
Has now no hopes to wake;