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A CONVERSATION
If I speak some words to you,
Woodwren almost out of view,
Will your Feathered Highness be
Tame and talkative for me?
Woodwren almost out of view,
Will your Feathered Highness be
Tame and talkative for me?
Should your honesty intend
What becomes a quiet friend,
Fond of woodbirds, small or big,
I will twitter from a twig.
What becomes a quiet friend,
Fond of woodbirds, small or big,
I will twitter from a twig.
Thank you, Madam! If I think
What you say is fit for ink,
Shall I rhymingly express
All of it for James and Jess?
What you say is fit for ink,
Shall I rhymingly express
All of it for James and Jess?
Please report in tinkling words
How myself and fellow-birds,
Being dignified, detest
Human fingers in a nest.
How myself and fellow-birds,
Being dignified, detest
Human fingers in a nest.
Since I still have space enough
Left for scribbles on a cuff,
I will take a note or two
Of this conference with you.
Left for scribbles on a cuff,
I will take a note or two
Of this conference with you.
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Were my husband not away,
He would ask of you to say
What he thinks of arms and legs
Climbing up a tree for eggs.
He would ask of you to say
What he thinks of arms and legs
Climbing up a tree for eggs.
Let him trust me. I shall write
Sympathetic words to-night
From a heart prepared to love
Nuthatch, Creeper, Woodwren, Dove.
Sympathetic words to-night
From a heart prepared to love
Nuthatch, Creeper, Woodwren, Dove.
Thank you, Sir, a thousand times!
Thanks for sympathy and rhymes!
Never was, since eggs began,
Such a loving gentleman!
Thanks for sympathy and rhymes!
Never was, since eggs began,
Such a loving gentleman!
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