The Cardinal Bird
A day and then a week passed by:
The redbird hanging from the sill
Sang not; and all were wondering why
It was so still—
When one bright morning, loud and clear,
Its whistle smote my drowsy ear,
Ten times repeated, till the sound
Filled every echoing niche around;
And all things earliest loved by me,—
The bird, the brook, the flower, the tree,—
Came back again, as thus I heard
The cardinal bird.
The redbird hanging from the sill
Sang not; and all were wondering why
It was so still—
When one bright morning, loud and clear,
Its whistle smote my drowsy ear,
Ten times repeated, till the sound
Filled every echoing niche around;
And all things earliest loved by me,—
The bird, the brook, the flower, the tree,—
Came back again, as thus I heard
The cardinal bird.
- See more at: http://allpoetry.com/The-Cardinal-Bird#sthash.4xnbsY2t.dpuf
Now some beautiful pictures of Cardinals - keep the poem in the back of your mind as you view these images beginning with Audubon and the Northern Cardinal of North America.
Audubon: Cardinal
John James Audubon
Female Northern Cardinal in Snowy Pine Tree
Adam Jones
Male Cardinal With Wings Spread
Wendy Kaveney
Red Crested Cardinal
F.w. Frohawk
Dominican Cardinal
F.w. Frohawk
Green Cardinal
F.w. Frohawk
Yellow Billed Cardinal
F.w. Frohawk
Northern Cardinal Female on Snowy Ground
Tom Vezo/Minden...
A Touch of Red
Kevin Daniel
Male Northern Cardinal among Crabapple Blossoms
Adam Jones
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