1200. Thistle-Down by Clara Doty Bates. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1200. Thistle-Down

By Clara Doty Bates


NEVER a beak has my white bird,
Nor throat for song;
But wings of silk by soft wind stirred
Bear it along.

With wings of silk and a heart of seed,	5
Over field and town
It sails,—ah! quaint little bird indeed
Is the thistle-down.