The verdant shelter of the hollow stump;
And with congenial moss, harmless deceit,
Constructs a safe abode. On topmost boughs
The oriole, and the hoarse-voiced crow,
Rocked by the storm, erect their airy nests.
The ousel, long frequenter of the grove
Of fragrant pines, in solemn depth of shade,
Finds rest. Or mid the holly’s shining leaves,
A simple bush, the piping thrush contents;
Though in the woodland contest, he, aloft,