Tree with a Bird in it — The Bird with the Woe by Edwin Markham

Because the thought comes icy;

That bird you never knew-- It's not your bird or pear tree, And what is it to you?

_Edwin Markham_ (who, though he had to lay a cornerstone, unveil a bust of somebody, give two lectures and write encouraging introductions to the works of five young poets before catching the three-ten for Staten Island, offered his reaction in a benevolent and unhurried manner.

) THE BIRD WITH THE WOE

Poets to men a curious sight afford;

Still they will sing, though all around are bored;

But this wise grackle does a kinder thing;

Silent he's bored, while all around him sing!

[Illustration] [Illustration] _Witter Bynner_ (Prefaced by a short baritone talk on Chinese architecture.

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