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

By Clara DotyBates

1200 Thistle-Down

NEVER a beak has my white bird,

Nor throat for song;

But wings of silk by soft wind stirred

Bear it along.

With wings of silk and a heart of seed,

Over field and town

It sails,—ah! quaint little bird indeed

Is the thistle-down.