MRS. MARY H. FLANNER,
Poet and Entertainer.

THE MOCKING-BIRD.

O, naught to me the nightingale,

Save as its exquisite harmony

Sings from Keats’ incomparable ode,

A hint—a dream-dipped memory.

But thou, sweet Mock-bird, art my own—

My very own.

And every tender, tinted tone