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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BIRD'S SONG IN SPRING, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT Poet's Biography
First Line: The silver birch is a dainty lady
Last Line: I love him best of all!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Variant Title(s): Child's Song In Spring
Subject(s): Socialism; Spring; Trees
First Line: The silver birch is a dainty lady
Last Line: I love him best of all!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Variant Title(s): Child's Song In Spring
Subject(s): Socialism; Spring; Trees
THE silver birch is a dainty lady,
She wears a satin gown;
The elm tree makes the old churchyard shady,
She will not live in town.
The English oak is a sturdy fellow,
He gets his green coat late;
The willow is smart in a suit of yellow,
While brown the beech trees wait.
Such a gay green gown God gives the larches --
As green as He is good!
The hazels hold up their arms for arches
When Spring rides through the wood.
The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty,
The poplar's gentle and tall,
But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city --
I love him best of all!
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