A bluebird lives in yonder tree,
Likewise a little chickadee,
In two woodpeckers’ nests—rent free!

There, where the weeping willow weeps,
A dainty housewren sweetly cheeps—
From an old oriole’s nest she peeps.
I see the English sparrow tilt
Upon the limb with sun begilt,—
His nest an ancient swallow built.

So it was...