English poem
To a Snowbird
by John Reade (1826–)
O gentle little comer In wintry days, Far more than songs of summer I love thy lays. They come when flowers are sweetest, And leaves are green; But thou thy song repeatest In sterner scene.
In joyous days are many The friends we find; In dark ones scarcely any, To soothe the mind. But friends in hours of sorrow Far more we prize Than those that go to-morrow If storms arise.
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