StoryTitle("caps", "The Little Maiden and the Little Bird") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(40, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Little bird! little bird! come to me! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I have a green cage ready for thee—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Beauty bright flowers I'll bring thee anew, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And fresh, ripe cherries, all wet with dew.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Thanks, little maiden, for all thy care,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But I love dearly the clear, cool air,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And my snug little nest in the old oak tree.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Little bird! little bird! stay with me!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Nay, little damsel! away I'll fly ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To greener fields and warmer sky; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When spring returns with pattering rain, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You'll hear my merry song again.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Little bird! little bird! who'll guide thee ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Over the hills and over the sea?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Foolish one! come in the house to stay, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For I'm very sure you'll lose your way.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Ah, no, little maiden! God guides me ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Over the hills and over the sea;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I will be free as the rushing air ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And sing of sunshine everywhere.\"", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Lydia Maria Child.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>