The Bobolink
is gone – the
Rowdy of the
Meadow –
And no one
swaggers now
but me –
The Presbyterian
Birds can now
resume the Meeting
He gaily ↑boldly↓  interrup-
ted + that overflowing
Day
When opening the
Sabbath in their
afflictive Way
He bowed to
Heaven instead
of Earth
And shouted
Let us pray – ↓and bubbled let us pray –↑
↩ He recognized his maker – overturned

↪ The Decalogue –

⤴ + To every Heaven above
+ To all the Saints he knew ↓every God he knew↑

￤

He swung upon
the Decalogue
and shouted
Let us pray –
When supplicating mercy
In a portentous
way,
↪ portentous
way