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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SPRINGTIME WISH, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: O, to be a robin
Last Line: Through the spring.
Subject(s): Birds; Robins; Spring
First Line: O, to be a robin
Last Line: Through the spring.
Subject(s): Birds; Robins; Spring
O, TO be a robin
In the Spring!
When the fleeting days of April
Are a-wing,
And the air is sweet with knowing
Where the hidden buds are growing,
And the merry winds are going
Wandering!
O, to be a robin
With a nest
Built upon the budding branches—
East or West!
Just to swing and sway and dangle,
Far from earth and all its tangle,
Joining in the gay bird-jangle,
With a zest!
O, to be a robin
Just to sing!
Not to have the pain of hating
Anything—
Just to race the foremost swallow
Over hill and over hollow—
And the joy of life to follow
Through the Spring.
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