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Bird-Lore

A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE

DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS

Official Organ of the Audubon Societies


Vol. VII January—February, 1905 No. 1


Advertisement
By C. C. DAWSON
I have houses newly builded,
Bright with paint and newly gilded.
They will be for rent in Spring —
Who will come a-tenanting?
They are in a choice location,
Beautiful for situation.
Sheltering branches round them play,
Turning breath of March to May.
Houses mine, just made for pleasure
Unalloyed, and without measure.
Who the homes I offer take.
Shall be blessed for Love's sweet sake.
These alone are my conditions:
All my tenants are musicians,
And the songs they sweetly sing
Are the only pay they bring.