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a long, deep, slowly-rising “awe! ” uttered in some- 
thing a tone of solemn expostulation, as though 
the bird were in the pulpit. In the general quality 
and character of the sound, this less-developed note 
resembles the more elaborate one, or collection of 
ones. It is more continuous, however ; the theme is 
less broken. There are no separate headings; the 
remonstrance is general, and includes everything 
worth it in one grand diapason that never leaves off. 
I do not, therefore, consider it a mere part of the 
other—an extract from the full poem, or sermon—but 
something different, yet akin; another, though allied, 
treatment of a closely similar theme. 
