—And see!

There! wheeling into sight,

Far as the vision may descry.

A level-winged advancing “V,”

They keep their swift, unswerving flight.

North, north, beyond that scudding fleece

Of tiny clouds, like wilder geese,

That join their ranks, and journey, too,

On,—on,—into the farthest blue.

Then, from the boundless space above,