The Blue Bird - A 1798 Poem

By Cardenio. March, 1798.

Hail early bird, thou gentle songster, hail!

One of the foremost of the feather'd throng;

To bring the joyful news of winter past,

And nigh approach of joy inspiring spring,

Soon as Aurora smiles along the east,

And bluffing mounts the gold-bespangled sky;

Thy mating lay salutes my list'ning ear;

I hear the song salute the rising morn,

And warbling chant the grateful hymn of praise.

April 7, 1798. Carey's United States Recorder 1(33): 4.