QOTD - "I Heard a Bird Sing" by Oliver Herford

 

I Heard a Bird Sing
By Oliver Herford

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

"We are nearer to Spring 
Than we were in September,” 
I heard a bird sing 
In the dark of December.

Source: Welcome Christmas! A Garland of Poems (Viking Press, 1955).