Till suddenly transfigured there,

With all her dazzling plumes unfurled,

She climbs the crimson-flooded air,

And flies in glory o'er the world.


THE GRAY LINNET

THERE'S a little gray friar in yonder green bush,

Clothed in sackcloth—a little gray friar

Like a druid of old in his temple—but hush!

He's at vespers; you must not go nigher.