by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Do you ask what the birds say? The Sparrow, the Dove,The Linnet and Thrush say, “I love and I love!”In the winter they’re silent—the wind is so strong;What it says, I don’t know, but it sings a loud song.But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather,And singing, and loving—all come back together.But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and l..