And oft an unintruding guest, 

 £ loatclied lier secret toils from day to day ; 

 Hoio true she loarped the 7noss to form the nest, 

 And modeled it ivithin loith luood and clay. 

 And ly and ly, like heath-hells gilt ivith deiv. 

 There lay her shining eggs as bright as floiuers, 

 InTc-spotted over, shells of green and hlue. 



JoHi^ Clare. 



