If I were a bird, I would sing all day

If I were a bird,

I would sing all day;

I would sing of you

To the dropping dew,

To the heaven's blue,

All the praise I knew,

Till the whole world heard -

If I were a bird!

If I were a flower -

Say a daisy small —

I would kiss your feet

When I saw you fleet,

Pass me by, O sweet!

I would murmur "Dear"

All the summer hour —

If I were a flower!