| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
| |
| 1597. The Veery-Thrush |
| | | By Joseph Russell Taylor |
| |
| |
| BLOW softly, thrush, upon the hush | |
| That makes the least leaf loud, | |
| Blow, wild of heart, remote, apart | |
| From all the vocal crowd, | |
| Apart, remote, a spirit note | 5 |
| That dances meltingly afloat, | |
| Blow faintly, thrush! | |
| And blind the green-hid waterfall | |
| I heated for its beauty, and all | |
| The unloved vernal rapture and flush, | 10 |
| The old forgotten lonely time, | |
| Delicate thrush! | |
| Spring ’s at the prime, the world ’s in chime, | |
| And my love is listening nearly; | |
| O lightly blow the ancient woe, | 15 |
| Flute of the wood, blow clearly! | |
| Blow, she is here, and the world all dear, | |
| Melting flute of the hush, | |
| Old sorrow estranged, enriched, sea changed, | |
| Breathe it, veery-thrush! | 20 |
| |
|
|
|
