40 A GENTLE SPIRIT. 



light, to make them so uneasy, so restless at 

 that time in a cage ? No matter how amiable, 

 how happy, how tame a thrush may be, in that 

 mystic hour he is a contented pet no longer ; he 

 is a wild, unsatisfied being, full of longings and 

 emotions he cannot express — at least to you. 

 In that moment one must realize that he cannot 

 tame the soul ; he may confine the body, but the 

 wild, free spirit looks out through the eyes even 

 of a wood thrush. 



