ROBERT BROWNING.
ROBERT OF LINCOLN.
"Robert of Lincoln," by William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), is one of
the finest bird poems ever written. It finds a place here because I
have seen it used effectively as a memory gem in the Cook County Normal
School (Colonel Parker's school), year after year, and because my own
pupils invariably like to commit it to memory. With the child of six to
the student of twenty years it stands a source of delight.
Merrily swinging on brier and weed,
Near to the nest of his little dame,
Over the mountain-side or mead,
Robert of Lincoln is telling his name.
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
Spink, spank, spink,
Snug and safe is this nest of ours,
Hidden among the summer flowers.
Chee, chee, chee.
Robert of Lincoln is gayly dressed,
Wearing a bright, black wedding-coat;
White are his shoulders, and white his crest,
Hear him call in his merry note,
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
Spink, spank, spink,
Look what a nice, new coat is mine;
Sure there was never a bird so fine.
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