Sequestered nest!—this kingdom, limited

Alone by one old populous green wall

Tenanted by the ever-busy flies.

Gray crickets and shy lizards and quick spiders,

Each family of the silver-threaded moss—

Which, look through near, this way, and it appears

A stubble-field or a cane-brake, a marsh

Of bulrush whitening in the sun: laugh now!

Fancy the crickets, each one in his house,

Looking out, wondering at the world—or best,