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

By Virginia WoodwardCloud

1401 Youth

OUT of the heart there flew a little singing bird,

Past the dawn and the dew, where leaves of morning stirred,

And the heart, which followed on, said: “Though the bird be flown

Which sang in the dew and the dawn, the song is still my own.”

Over the foot-worn track, over the rock and thorn,

The tired heart looked back to the olive leaves of morn,

To the fair, lost fields again, and said: “I hear it! Oh, hark!”—

Though the bird were long since slain, though the song had died in the dark.