Excerpt from Woodnotes: For All Seasons The humming-bird there, and the gay paroquet, But even than they thou art lovelier yet, Sweet bird with the plumage of white. For purity rests on thy feathers of snow, Thy dark eye is sad, gentle Dove; And e'en in the varying tones of thy coo, There's an accent of sadness and tenderness too, Like the soft farewell whisper of love. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.