. Outing. CONQUEST oflfte NORTHERNHERON _ ^^_ er/ierfi finitely patient, upon the watersmargin, the long neck drawn inand head thrown back watchingfor the finny denizen. /llu/?rate TVfo t oyrqg/fs^£y t/ie\/7u77iqr THE very nameof heronsavors of thewild and calls upvisions of reedyswamp, quaking bog,tangled morass, over-flowed woodland, ormargin o f river,lake, or pool. Wher-ever the surround-ings are wild, wet,tangled, i m p e n e-trable, lonely, silent,there we may lookfor the GREAT BLUE HERONS ON THEIR NEST Far up some brooks still course, whose current minesThe forests blackened roo
. Outing. CONQUEST oflfte NORTHERNHERON _ ^^_ er/ierfi finitely patient, upon the watersmargin, the long neck drawn inand head thrown back watchingfor the finny denizen. /llu/?rate TVfo t oyrqg/fs^£y t/ie\/7u77iqr THE very nameof heronsavors of thewild and calls upvisions of reedyswamp, quaking bog,tangled morass, over-flowed woodland, ormargin o f river,lake, or pool. Wher-ever the surround-ings are wild, wet,tangled, i m p e n e-trable, lonely, silent,there we may lookfor the GREAT BLUE HERONS ON THEIR NEST Far up some brooks still course, whose current minesThe forests blackened roots, and whose green margeIs seldom visited by human foot,The lonely heron sits, and harshly breaksThe Sabbath silence of the wilderness;Or you may find her by some reedy pool,Or brooding gloomily on the time-stained rock,Beside some misty and far-reaching lake. The beloved haunts of the heron arenot adapted to patent leather, silks, orbroadcloth. To ferret out with anysatisfaction this monarch of bog andswamp, long rubber boots and oldclothes are indispensable. The enthu-siast desiring to make this explorationcan appreciate the feelings of the presentGerman emperor, who is said to haveremarked regretfully that he had no oldclothes, he was not allowed them. A host of weird imaginations, a haloof poetic association, cluster around theshy, lonely sentinel, which stands, in- How bright thy savage eye! Thou lookest down,And seest the shining fishes as theyglide:And, poising thy gray
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