Thou sawest it all, and did not even cackle,

Grackle!

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Henry van Dyke

(Who, although for different reasons, did not care for the Grackle either.)

THE ROILING OF HENRY

(A Song of the Grating Outdoors)

Bird, thou art not a Veery,

Nor yet a Yellowthroat,