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BIRD-NESTING. - ZaunköniG - 26.12.2010 BIRD-NESTING. Ah ! that half bashful and half eager face ! Among the trees thy guardian angel stands, With his heart beating, lest thy little hands Should come among the shadows and efface The stainless beauty of a life of love. And childhood innocence—for hark, the boys Are peering through the hedgerows and the grove, And ply their cruel sport with mirth and noise ; But thou hast conquer'd ! and dispell'd his fear ; Sweet is the hope thy youthful pity brings — And oft, methinks, if thou shalt shelter here When these blue eggs are linnets' throats and wings, A secret spell shall bring about the tree The little birds that owed their life to thee. |