Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“My Sweetheart Bird”
by George E. Merrick
The Florida Landscape changes as sunrise moves to sunset.
The Florida Landscape changes as sunrise moves to sunset.
They please me not—these solemn songs
A poem about the speaker as a piper who writes his songs down so that every child may enjoy them.
"Heart of my heart, the day is chill,"
"No matter what you call it, Whether genius, or art,"
"Not o’er thy dust let there be spent"
A poem about escaping from the sorrows and loneliness of the night by reading great works of literature
A funny limerick about a pieman and his wares.
The Whip-Poor-Will sings a sad song throughout the night.
"I ‘ve been watchin’ of ‘em, parson,"
A short story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
"My cot was down by a cypress grove,"
A short story about the growth of a tree and its blooms of spring.
The aftermath of a hurricane is described.
I sit upon the old sea wall,
Baby Pinky is sick and wakes up the whole household with his crying. They take her to the hospital to make her well again.
A child observes the many sites that adorn the Indian River.
A nursery rhyme that mimics a lullaby.
The lighthouse guides the way, remaining steady and sure.
The night sky reminds the author of a distant love.
"The rain streams down like harp–strings from the sky;"
"When summer time has come, and all"
The author marvels at the natural beauty of the Florida Landscape.
"Your spoken words are roses fine and sweet,"
The travels of a tattered and worn songbook