My sight he dazzles, half deceives,
A Bird so like the dancing Leaves;
Then flits, and from the Cottage eaves
Pours forth his song in gushes;

My dazzled sight the Bird deceives,
A Brother of the dancing Leaves;

The Bird my dazzled sight deceives,

The Bird my dazzling sight deceives

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[Variant 4:]

1827
As if it pleas'd him to disdain
And mock the Form which he did feign,
While he was dancing with the train
Of Leaves among the bushes.


1807
The voiceless Form he chose to feign, 1820

As if it pleas'd him to disdain
And mock the Form which he did feign,
While he was dancing with the train
Of Leaves among the bushes.

The voiceless Form he chose to feign,

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