Sleep, Baby Birds [poem]

Title: Sleep, Baby Birds [poem]
Language: English
Year: 1940
Subject: Philippine poetry (English); Children's poetry, English
Rights
Fulltext: 288 THE YOUNG CITIZEN A ugu•I, 1940 FOR THIRD GRADERS SLEEP. BABY BIRDS SLEEP, sleep, baby birds; Softly swings your cradle high. Rock, rock in your nest; Breezes sing your lullaby. Sleep, sleep, baby birds; Soon you'll spread your wings to fly. You will soar on pinions strong, You will sing up in the sky. Sleep, sleep, baby birds; Presently you'll fly away. Each will find a happy mate, Each will build a nest some day. CHOOSE THE MISSING WORD In each blank write the correct word chosen from the list below. Learn to spell those words. 1. The nest is high up in a--. 2. Babies sleep in a - - . 3. A breeze is a gentle - - . 4. A lullaby is a sweet - - . 5. The mother brings - - to the baby birds. 6. Soon the little birds will learn to--. 7. The - - of the birds are wind lullaby baby food birds walk fly mate happy sky called pinions. 8. When the birds are large they will fly up in th~. 9. Then they will - - away. 10. Some day each bird will have a--. 11. Some day each bird will build a---. 12. There will be some little - - · in the nest. song wings cradle sleep some tree house nest soar spread
pages: 288