I might ask you with me the New Forest to roam,
But it’s stript of its foliage, quite leafless become;
N.P. Willis and rival have each had their day,
And of rappings and knockings there’s nought new to say.
Yet do not mistake me, or think I would choose,
A home in the city, the country to lose;
The music of birds, with rich fruits and sweet flowers,
We all in the country lay claim to as ours.
A bird that’s imprisoned, I hate to hear sing,
Let me catch its glad note as it soars on the wing;