Page:Mine and Thine, Coates, 1905.djvu/30

INTERCHANGE

The oriole sang in the apple-tree;
The sick girl lay on her bed, and heard
The tremulous note of the glad wild bird;
And, "Ah!" she sighed, "to share with thee
Life's rapture exquisite and strong:
Its hope, its eager energy,
Its fragrance and its song!"

The oriole swayed in the apple-tree,
And he sang: "I will build, with my love, a nest,

Fine as e'er welcomed a birdling guest:

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