| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | To a Mocking Bird | | By Owen F. Aldis |
| | | O SINGER of the twilight solitude! | |
| When moss-veiled oaks sigh at my weary dream, | |
| Beside the sullen heron-haunted stream, | |
| Thy laughing voice begins its gay prelude, | |
| Mocking the boding owl with mimic scream; | 5 |
| Then o’er the hushed lagoon the night mists brood, | |
| Till, sudden, throbbing with beatitude, | |
| Rises thy vesper hymn of love supreme. | |
| No old-world myth, no tragic love refrain | |
| Dost thou to everglade and bayou tell; | 10 |
| So joyous is thy high exulting strain | |
| My sad heart wakes to hope beneath the spell. | |
| Faint grows the memory of passion’s pain, | |
| Forgotten is the song of Philomel. | | | | |
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