Of slaughter has made drunk, and the false glister

Of dollars dazzled with blind arrogance.

Close by this wood

He plies a bold, sinister

Traffic in wings and plumage. Not by chance

But calculated orgies, he commits

His venal murders, slits

The bridal plumes from backs of mating birds,

And leaves the nested broods

Unhatched or starveling. So he girds