Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Spring Song

SOFTLY at dawn a whisper stole

Down from the Green House on the Hill,

Enchanting many a ghostly bole

And wood-song with the ancient thrill.

Gossiping on the country-side,

Spring and the wandering breezes say,

God has thrown Heaven open wide

And let the thrushes out to-day.