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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE REVEILLE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: It is made of the jubilant sparrows
Last Line: Beginning the day's work with you!
Subject(s): Morning
First Line: It is made of the jubilant sparrows
Last Line: Beginning the day's work with you!
Subject(s): Morning
It is made of the jubilant sparrows,
All chirping a different song,
And the song sparrow singing supremely,
So royally rippling along.
It is made of the chirruping robins,
The orioles carolling gay,
The pewees plaintively urgent,
The trumpeting crow and the jay.
It is made of the yellowthroat's whistle,
And the redstart's sibilant rune,
Of the towhee's militant summons,
And the vireo's iterant tune.
It's a rare and imperial chorus,
So jauntily merry and true:
Bird brothers! 'tis mightily pleasant
Beginning the day's work with you!
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