Woman and Canary

Joseph Caraud (French painter 1821 - 1905) - The Pet Canaries, 1875

“Bird of the amber beak, Bird of the golden wing! Thy dower is thy carolling;
Thou hast not far to seek Thy bread, nor needest wine
To make thy utterance divine;
Thou art canopied and clothed And unto Song bethrothed.” 
Edmund C. Stedman