Poetic Tribute to the Meadowlark

Written for the Advertiser.

To the Lark.

By Lombardy Maple.

Oh! I raise thy note thou herald of spring.

And sing unto my waiting heart;

And know that every note shall bring

Fond memories, sweet Meadow Lark.

 

Thy silvery notes now softly float,

Out o'oer the meadow brown and stark;

But every note from thy glad throat

Is dear to me,—sweet Meadow Lark!

Peru, Neb., April 1st, 1875. Brownville Nebraska Advertiser 19(45): 1.

This may be the first poem written in Nebraska where the subject is birds!