I heard a bird so sing,
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.

I heard a bird so sing,
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.

I was always a lover of soft-winged things.

I was always a lover of soft-winged things.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

Dame Nature's minstrels.

Dame Nature's minstrels.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
[A feather in hand is better than read more

A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
[A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.]

Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now
comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and read more

Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now
comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early
mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with
the beauty of bird song.

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember
it's a sin to kill a read more

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember
it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Birdes of a feather will flocke togither.

Birdes of a feather will flocke togither.