Just listen to the blackbird, what a note The creature has! God bless his happy throat! He is so absolutely glad I fear he will go mad. Look here! this very grit I crush beneath my boot...
The heavens are very blue Above the western hill; The earth is very still, I will draw near, and view The spot Where he is . . . not. But O dear cliff, O big, good-natured giant,...
Ha! snow Upon the crags! How slow The winter lags Ha, little lamb upon the crags, How fearlessly you go! Take care Up there, You little woolly atom! On and on...
The stream is very sweet To-day . . . Just see the swallow dart! How fleet! It sent a shiver to my heart. If he had lived, you say, Well, well, if he had lived, what then? Some men...