A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without, 

 No tool had he that -wroug-ht, no knife to cut, 

 No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, 

 No glue to join ; his little beak was all. 

 And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, 

 With every implement and means of art. 

 And twenty }'ears' apprenticeship to boot. 

 Could make me such another?" — Hukdis. 



