The Robin's Song
The Robin's Song
Poem
When the willows gleam along the brooks,
And the grass grows green in sunny nooks,
In the sunshine and the rain
I hear the robin in the lane
Singing, "Cheerily,
Cheer up, cheer up;
Cheerily, cheerily,
Cheer up."
But the snow is still
Along the walls and on the hill.
The days are cold, the nights forlorn,
For one is here and one is gone.
"Tut, tut. Cheerily,
Cheer up, cheer up;
Cheerily, cheerily,
Cheer up."
When spring hopes seem to wane,
I hear the joyful strain-
A song at night, a song at morn,
A lesson deep to me is borne,
Hearing, "Cheerily,
Cheer up, cheer up;
Cheerily, cheerily,
Cheer up."
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This poem can be found in "The Ontario Readers Third Book" by the Ontario Ministry of Education (1909).
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