| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | Snowbirds | | By Archibald Lampman (1861–1899) |
| | | ALONG the narrow sandy height | |
| I watch them swiftly come and go, | |
| Or round the leafless wood, | |
| Like flurries of wind-driven snow, | |
| Revolving in perpetual flight, | 5 |
| A changing multitude. | |
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| Nearer and nearer still they sway, | |
| And, scattering in a circled sweep, | |
| Rush down without a sound; | |
| And now I see them peer and peep, | 10 |
| Across yon level bleak and grey, | |
| Searching the frozen ground— | |
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| Until a little wind upheaves | |
| And makes a sudden rustling there, | |
| And then they drop their play, | 15 |
| Flash up into the sunless air, | |
| And, like a flight of silver leaves, | |
| Swirl round and sweep away. | | | | |
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