SPARROW

Related Subject: Birds

1. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven,
   Singing at dawn on the alder bough;
   I brought him home, in his nest, at even;
   He sings the song, but it cheers not now,
   For I did not bring home the river and sky;
   He sang to my ear,—they sang to my eye.—EMERSON, Each and All
   

2. He's cheerful in weather so bitterly cold
   It freezes your bones to the marrow
   I'll admit he's a beggar, a gangster, a bum,
   But I take off my hat to the sparrow.—MINNA IRVING, The Sparrow
   

3. The sparrows chirped as if they still were proud
   Their race in Holy Writ should mentioned be.—LONGFELLOW, The Birds of Killingworth