...observer than Keats, namely Robert Browning, says of the same bird in his Home-Thoughts from Abroad— That's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice...never could recapture The first fine careless rapture ! O fret not after knowledge—I have none, And yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not...

...blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops—at the bent spray's edge— That's the wise thrush ;...over, Lest you should think he never could recapture And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, And will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups,...

...blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops—at the bent spray's edge— That's the wise thrush ;...over, Lest you should think he never could recapture And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, And will be gay when noontide wakes anev/ The buttercups,...

...! " that's a hit, surely ! Here is Browning on the thrush, which I think should be to the lark : " He sings each song twice over, Lest you should think...could recapture The first fine careless rapture." The third is just thrown in by the prodigal hand of genius in a poem not to a lark but to a daisy :...

...And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture...

...follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms...first fine careless rapture! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's...

...part, had I wished to compare him with any bird, it had been rather with Browning's "wise thrush, that sings each song twice over, Lest you should think...could re-capture, The first fine careless rapture ! " One's attention is next caught by two perfect little gems, one representing the Saviour, and the...

...And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush : he sings each song twice over Lest you should think he never could recapture...

...And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows ! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush : he sings each song twice over Lest you should think he never could recapture...

...the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over Lest...first fine careless rapture ! And, though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's...