Musical Garland
The Woodpecker
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The Woodpecker.

I knew by the smoke to so gracefully curl’d,
Over yonder green elms that a cottage was near:
And I said, if there's peace to be found in the world,
The heart that is humble might hope for it here.
Every leaf was at rest, and I heard not a sound.
But the Woodpecker taping the hollow beach tree.

And here, in this lone little wood, I exclaim'd,
With a maid that's delightful to soul and to eye;
Who would blush'd when I prais'd her, would weep if I blam'd,
How contented I’d live, and how calm could I die.
Every leaf was at rest, &c.

By the shade of yon sumach, whose red berries dip,
In the gush of the fountain how sweet to recline,
And to know that I sigh'd upon innocent lips,
Which never were sigh'd on by any but mine.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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