THE PALACE IN THE PIG-PEN 59 



a humble feather on his body. Humble to those who 

 see the pen and not the bird. But to me why, the 

 bird has made a palace of my pig-pen ! 



The very pig seems less a pig because of this ex- 

 quisite association ; and the lowly work of feeding 

 the creature has been turned for me by Phoebe into 

 a poetic course in bird study. 



