1680. The Mocking-Bird by Ednah Proctor (Clarke) Hayes. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1680. The Mocking-Bird

By Ednah Proctor (Clarke) Hayes


LIST to that bird! His song—what poet pens it?
Brigand of birds, he ’s stolen every note!
Prince though of thieves—hark! how the rascal spends it!
Pours the whole forest from one tiny throat!