Beautiful birds [poem]

Title: Beautiful birds [poem]
Creator: Selected
Language: English
Year: 1941
Subject: Philippine poetry (Filipino); Children's poetry, Filipino
Rights
Fulltext: NOVEMBER, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN A POEM FOR THIS MONTH BEAUTIFUL BffiDS 'With your ear1h-1reading feet and your cloudcleaving wings; Where shall man wander, and where shall he dw~ll, Beautiful birds: tha1 you come not as well? You have nests on the mountain all rugged and stark, . You have nest! .in the forest all tangled and dark. Y.ou hide in the tall gra~s, you IUrk in the brake, You dive in the .fUShes that shadow the lake; You skim where the stream parts the fores1decked land, You dance where the foam ~weeps the desolate strand. Beautiful birds 1 You come thickly around, When 1he fl.ow'r's 0 11 the branch or the fruit':i to be found; You come when the torrents flush river beds OUI, You come when the grasses are dry all about. Beautiful birds! \Ve enjoy the glad croon Of the warblers that sing a sweet holiday tune; 'We've memories fond ~f many a day Made happy by hearing the 9inging bird's lay. -Stltcttd 379