When the Birds Come North Again by Ella Higginson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 9, 1907

When the Birds Come North Again

By Ella Higginson

O, EVERY year hath its winter, And every year hath its rain; But a day is always coming When the birds come North again;

When new leaves swell in the forest, And grass springs green on the plain, And the alder’s vein turns crimson— And the birds come North again.

O, every heart hath its sorrow, And every heart hath its pain; But a day is always coming When the birds come North again.

’Tis the sweetest thing to remember, If courage be on the wane, When the cold, dark days are over— Why, the birds come North again. —Ella Higginson, in Every Other Sunday.