Northampton Local Flick Book (1)
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A F F O R D A B L E A D V E R T I S I N G F O R A L L<br />
43<br />
POEM CORNER<br />
A Robin’s Song<br />
Poem donated by David Garrett<br />
As I toil among the trees and shrubs<br />
A little bird the cold’s defied<br />
For as the spade cuts through the winter’s soil<br />
There’s a robin by my side,<br />
The head lies over to one side<br />
Trusting eyes look up at me<br />
As if to say, please hurry up<br />
‘I’m hungry, can’t you see,’<br />
It hops about the fresh turned soil<br />
And feasts on many things<br />
Its head looks down with tail up high<br />
With an occasional flutter of tiny wings,<br />
The sweet song of the robin<br />
Even in winter’s darkest days<br />
Is a song so beautiful to hear<br />
You cannot help but sing its praise,<br />
It throws right back its tiny head,<br />
Sticks out the bright red breast<br />
The plaintive notes produced as thus<br />
Makes robin a very special guest,<br />
The nest they build on ivy clad wall<br />
Or in a shed in corner dark<br />
To raise a brood of hungry young<br />
Their selves to life embark<br />
They are our friends all through the year<br />
A loyal and faithful thing,<br />
Though I love the thrush and blackbird<br />
I stop all I’m doing, to hear the robin sing<br />
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