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IX - The Sparrow's Nest

  Look, five blue eggs are gleaming there!
  Few visions have I seen more fair,
  Nor many prospects of delight
  More pleasing than that simple sight!
  I started seeming to espy
  The home and shelter'd bed,
  The Sparrow's dwelling, which, hard by
  My Father's House, in wet or dry,
  My Sister Emmeline and I
        Together visited.                                  10
  She look'd at it as if she fear'd it;
  Still wishing, dreading to be near it:
  Such heart was in her, being then
  A little Prattler among men.
  The Blessing of my later years
  Was with me when a Boy;
  She gave me eyes, she gave me ears;
  And humble cares, and delicate fears;
  A heart, the fountain of sweet tears;
        And love, and thought, and joy.                    20

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