Poems (Chitwood)/Bird of the Wild Wood

by Mary Louisa Chitwood

"BIRD OF THE WILD WOOD.'

Bird of the wild-wood,
 Bird of the trees,
Oh! for thy light wing,
 Light as the breeze.

Bird of the forest,
 Happy and gay,
Sweet is thy music,
 Sweet is thy lay.

Up in the morning,
 To the sky's breast;
Home in the evening,
 Home to thy nest.

Bird of the wild-wood,
 Happy thou art;
Oh! for thy light wing,
 Oh! for thy heart.

Come thou blithe wanderer,
 Joyous and free
Fold thy light wing awhile,
 Linger with me.

Tell of thy rambles
 All the day long,
Tell of thy happiness,
 Tell it in song.

Tipping thy soft wing
 Down in the stream,
Making the wavelets
 Glitter and gleam.

O'er hill, vale, and mountain,
 Forest and dell,
These are thy rambles,
 Away, then, farewell!