  Whither away, Robin, Whither away? Is it through envy of the maple leaf, Whose blushes mock the crimson of thy breast, Thou wilt not stay? The summer days were long, yet all too brief The happy season thou hast been our guest: Whither away? Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away? The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky Thou still canst find the color of thy wing, The hue of May. Warbler, why speed thy southern flight? ah, why, Thou too, whose song first told us of the spring? Whither away? Whither away, Swallow, Whither away? Canst thou no longer tarry in the north, Here, where our roof so well hath screened thy nest? Not one short day? Wilt thou—as if thou human wert—go forth And wander far from them who love thee best? Whither away? |
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