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The Birds begun at
Four o'clock -
Their period for Dawn -
A Music numerous as
space -
But neighboring as Noon -
I could not count
their Force -
Their numbers
Voices did expend
As Brook by Brook
bestows itself
To magnify
multiply the Pond.
Listener - was none
The Witnesses were not -
Except Occasional Man -
In homely industry attired
arrayed -
To overtake the Morn -
Nor was it for Parade - • Result
applause -
That I could ascertain -
But independant
Extasy
Of Universe
Deity, and Men -
By Six, the Gush
Flood had
done -
No tumult there had been
Of Dressing, or Departure -
Yet all
And yet the Band -
was gone -
The Sun engrossed the
East -
The Day Resumed -
controlled the
World -
The Miracle that
introduced
Forgotten, as fulfilled.
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