Page 48 - Third Book of Reading Lessons

READING LESSONS. 47
2. Through these harsh wires I glimpse in vain, The ray that once awoke my strain ;
In pain, while coop'd, I et and pine,
My useless wings their streng,th decline.
Sad is my te to see the stars
Pass one by one be re my bars ;
And know, when dawn returneth, I
No more may sing in yonder sky.
3! Oh, barbarous you, who still can bear This mournful doom to bid me share­ To see me droop and sadden on,
With wish l eye, om dawn to dawn ; Beating my little breast in wo,
'Gainst these dread wires that vex me so: And my glad passage still deny
To soar and sing in yonder sky!
4. Ob, let me y- y up once more!
How ,voul my wing delighted soar! ,Vhat rapture would my song declare, Pour'd out upon the sunny air!
0h, let me hence depart! in vain
I try to breathe one gladsome strain:
In this dark den, I pine, I die ; Oh, let me y to yonder sky!
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