Flame and Shadow(11)

 Redbirds

    Redbirds, redbirds, Long and long ago, What a honey-call you had In hills I used to know；

    Redbud, buckberry, Wild plum-tree And proud river sweeping Southward to the sea,

    Brown and gold in the sun Sparkling far below, Trailing stately round her bluffs Where the poplars grow -

    Redbirds, redbirds, Are you singing still As you sang one May day On Saxton's Hill？