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The Way to
know the Bobolink
From every other
Bird
Precisely as the
Joy of him –
Obliged to be
inferred.

Of impudent
Habiliment
Attired to defy,
Impertinence
subordinate <a>
At times to
Majesty –

Of Sentiments
seditious
Amenable to Law –

 ¦

As Heresies
of Transport
Or Puck′s
Apostacy –

Extrinsic to
Attention
Too intimate
with Joy –
He compliments
Existence
Until allured
away

By Seasons
or his Children –
Adult and
urgent grown –
Or unforeseen
Aggrandizement
Or, + happily, Renown –

 ¦

By Contrast
certifying
The Bird of
Birds is gone –
How nullified
the Meadow –
Her Sorcerer
withdrawn!

+ possibly –


Not with a

Club the Heart

is broken

Nor with a

Stone –

A Whip so

small you

could not see it

I′ve known