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THE FIRST ROBIN
[Welland Tribune March 26, 1940]
Welcome, red-breasted harbinger of spring
With stately poise you calmly view the skies
And glance again on well-remembered scenes
Familiar to your migratory eyes
No foliage impedes your upward flight
As from bare boughs is heard your welcome note;
And passerby will smile, well pleased to know,
Your presence winter’s absence will denote.
Your liquid notes. Heard early in the morn,
Salutes the first faint gleam of sunshine’s rays
Which through the passing clouds is dimly seen
Till gathered strength of sun disperses haze.
With dignity you gaze on all around,
Your scarlet breast a note of color lends
To drab and sodden grounds. With pleasure now
We welcome spring’s advent, as winter ends.
William McClure
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