StoryTitle("caps", "The Robin") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(18, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In the tall elm tree sat the Robin bright, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Through the rainy April day,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And he caroled clear with a pure delight, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "to the face of the sky so gray.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the silver rain through the blossoms dropped, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And fell on the Robin's coat,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And his brave red breast, but he never stopped ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Piping his cheerful note;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For O, the fields were green and glad, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And the blissful life that stirred", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In the earth's wide breast, was full and warm ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "In the heart of the little bird.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The rain cloud lifted, the sunset light ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Streamed wide over valley and hill, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As the plains of heaven the land grew bright, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And the warm south wind was still.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then loud and clear called the happy bird, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And rapturously he sang,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Till wood and meadow and river side ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With jubilant echoes rang.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But the sun dropped down in the quiet west, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And he hushed his song at last;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "All nature softly sank to rest ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And the April day had passed. ", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Celia Thaxter.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>