Living
The Yellowbird
From Armazindy (1894)
Living
Hey! my little Yellowbird,
What you doing there?
Like a flashing sun-ray,
Flitting everywhere:
Dangling down the tall weeds
And the hollyhocks,
And the lordly sunflowers
Along the garden-walks.
Ho! my gallant Golden-bill,
Pecking 'mongst the weeds,
You must have for breakfast
Golden flower-seeds:
Won't you tell a little fellow
What you have for tea?--
'Spect a peck o' yellow, mellow
Pippin on the tree.
Cite this poem
MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Yellowbird.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/670/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Yellowbird.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/670/.
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