• Leap to the highest height of spring,
      And trill thy sweetest note,
    Bird of the heavenly plumes and twinkling wing
      And silver-tonëd throat!

    Sing, while the maple’s deepest root
      Thrills with a pulse of fire
    That lights its buds. Blow, blow thy tender flute,
      Thy reed of rich desire!

    Breathe in thy syrinx Freedom’s breath...