"His feet are shod with gauze,
His helmet is of gold;
His breast a single onyx
With chrysophrase inlaid."

Come within earshot of his drowsy hum, his breezy bass,—Father Tabb's publican bee,

"Collecting the tax
On honey and wax,"

or Emerson's yellow-breeched philosopher,

"Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet."


IV

ON THE WING

Sing On, Blithe Bird!