| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1115. To Miguel de Cervantes Saavadra |
| | | By Richard Kendall Munkittrick |
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| A BLUEBIRD lives in yonder tree, | |
| Likewise a little chickadee, | |
| In two woodpeckers’ nests—rent free! | |
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| There, where the weeping willow weeps, | |
| A dainty housewren sweetly cheeps— | 5 |
| 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. | |
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| So it was one of your old jests, | 10 |
| Eh, Mig. Cervantes, that attests | |
| “There are no birds in last year’s nests”? | |
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