Poems (Taggart)/The Song of the Birds
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THE SONG OF THE BIRDS.
The cheerful birds their notes begin,
To welcome dawn of day,
And usher glorious morning in,
Charmed with its earliest ray.
To welcome dawn of day,
And usher glorious morning in,
Charmed with its earliest ray.
Those rapturous songs did once awake
Me from a calm repose;
But now no quiet slumbers break,
Nor sweets of morn disclose.
Me from a calm repose;
But now no quiet slumbers break,
Nor sweets of morn disclose.
They now impart a sharper sting
To sore affliction's train;
Thoughts of past health and pleasure bring,
And prospects that were vain.
To sore affliction's train;
Thoughts of past health and pleasure bring,
And prospects that were vain.