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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Joseph RussellTaylor

1597 The Veery-Thrush

BLOW softly, thrush, upon the hush

That makes the least leaf loud,

Blow, wild of heart, remote, apart

From all the vocal crowd,

Apart, remote, a spirit note

That dances meltingly afloat,

Blow faintly, thrush!

And blind the green-hid waterfall

I heated for its beauty, and all

The unloved vernal rapture and flush,

The old forgotten lonely time,

Delicate thrush!

Spring ’s at the prime, the world ’s in chime,

And my love is listening nearly;

O lightly blow the ancient woe,

Flute of the wood, blow clearly!

Blow, she is here, and the world all dear,

Melting flute of the hush,

Old sorrow estranged, enriched, sea changed,

Breathe it, veery-thrush!