Adapted from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Hiawatha's Friends" and from William Cullen Bryant, "Robert of Lincoln"

 - All the many sounds of nature
Borrowed sweetness from his songs;
All the hearts of men were softened
By the sadness of his music;
For he sang of peace and freedom,
Sang of beauty, love, and longing.
 - Six white eggs on a bed of hay,
Flecked with purple, a pretty sight:
There as the mother sits all day,
Robert is singing with all his might,
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
Spink, spank, spink.
This poem uses end rhyme. Its rhymes come at the end of its lines.
Flecked with purple, a pretty sight:
Spink, spank, spink.