"THE WILD DUCK STARTLES LIKE A SUDDEN THOUGHT" Author c. 183? ====================================================== The wild duck startles like a sudden thought And heron slow as if it might be caught The flopping crows on weary wing go bye And grey beard jackdaws noising as they flye The crowds of starnels whizz and hurry byye And darken like a cloud the evening sky The larks like thunder rise and suthy round Then drop and nestle in the stubble ground The wild swan hurries high and noises loud With white neck peering to the evening cloud The weary rooks to distant woods are gone With lengths of tail the magpie winnows on To neighbouring tree and leaves the distant crow While small birds nestle in the hedge below ======== ========