1579. A Song about Singing by Anne Reeve Aldrich. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

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

1579. A Song about Singing

By Anne Reeve Aldrich


O NIGHTINGALE, the poet’s bird,
A kinsman dear thou art,
Who never sings so well as when
The rose-thorns bruise his heart.

But since thy agony can make	5
A listening world so blest,
Be sure it cares but little for
Thy wounded, bleeding breast!