Bird Songs after Dark 



a faint crimson glory on the eastern horizon 

 and know our vigil out in the open is 

 practically over, with all present prospects 

 of a song in the dark from the Thrasher 

 at an end. 



However, we do not feel that the exploit 

 has been in vain. 



Have there not been other voices to 

 satisfy our ears? And if these, then why 

 indeed may we not hear also on some 

 future occasion the one which has been 

 conspicuous by its silence this time? 



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