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High from the earth I heard a bird; / He trod upon the trees / As he esteemed them trifles, / And then he spied a breeze, / And situated softly / Upon a pile of wind / Which in a perturbation / Nature had left behind.
A joyous-going fellow / I gathered from his talk, / Which both of benediction / And badinage partook, / Without apparent burden, / I learned, in leafy wood / He was the faithful father / Of a dependent brood; / And this untoward transport / His remedy for care, -- / A contrast to our respites.
How different we are!