THE GREAT CRESTED FLY- 
CATCHER 
ESTWARD of Chocorua water 
Stands an ancient apple orchard, 
Overhung by lofty maples, 
Bearing scars of many sappings ; 
Warm and sunny is the orchard, 
Plenty are its acid apples, 
In its hollows squirrels nestle, 
In its branches birds assemble. 
Titmice love this orchard's hollows, 
Caverns in its trunks and branches 
Make them warm and cosy nestings. 
Safely hidden from the blue jay. 
Here the deer-eyed flying-squirrel, 
Mice and bluebirds, swallows, adders. 
Find in turn their favorite havens ; 
Here, as well, a harsh-voiced tyrant 
Makes his home within a cavern. 
