of 



buzzard account for it. Yet it was never mere bird, 

 mere buzzard, to me; so much more than buzzard, 

 indeed, that I often wish it would sail into these 

 empty New England skies. How eagerly I watch 

 for it when homeward bound toward Jersey ! The 

 moment I cross the Delaware I begin to search the 

 skies, and I know, for sure, when it swims into 

 view, that I am near the blessed fields once more. 

 No matter how wide and free, how full of clouds 

 and color, my sky to the end will always need a 

 soaring buzzard. 



This is a burst of sentiment, truly, and does n't 

 explain at all why I should want to see the creature 

 of these divine wings in the gruesome light of^an 

 earth-view, on its nesting stump or in its hollow 

 log. 



Be Yarrow stream unseen, unknown! 



It must, or we shall rue it : 

 We have a vision of our own ; 



Ah ! why should we undo it ? 



I understand. Nevertheless, I wanted to find a 

 buzzard's nest, the nest of the Bear Swamp buz- 

 zard ; and here at last I stood ; and yonder on the 

 clouds, a mere mote in the distance, floated one of 



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