To vex the beauty of the east:

A linnet singeth in the wood

His hermit song of gratitude.

So shall I sing when life is done

To greet the glory of the sun;

And cloud and star and stream and sea

Shall dance for very ecstasy!

[SCARE-THE-CROWS]

Twopence a day for scaring crows—

Tho’ the rain beats and the wind blows!