THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS 75 



And thou didst teach me more than one is 



taught 



By mockingbird, or plaintive pine-woods spar- 

 row, 



Or any singer of the famous choir 

 Which fills the golden frame of Florida. 

 For thou didst say to me, in occult speech, 

 That any soul, with any unblessed task, 

 Can find a way to rise above the sand 

 And Spanish Bayonet, and reach the sky, 

 And fellowship, at will, with things celestial. 



