LITTLE birds of the night <br />Aye, they have much to tell <br />Perching there in rows <br />Blinking at me with their serious eyes <br />Recounting of flowers they have seen and loved <br />Of meadows and groves of the distance <br />And pale sands at the foot of the sea <br />And breezes that fly in the leaves. <br />They are vast in experience <br />These little birds that come in the night<br /><br />Stephen Crane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/little-birds-of-the-night/