First Line: WHAT TIME THE BITTERN, SOLITARY BIRD Last Line: SAVE WHERE THE WAGTAIL INTERRUPTS THE NOON. Subject(s): BIRDS; NOON;
What time the bittern, solitary bird, Hides now her head amid the whispering fern, And not a paddock vexes all the shore -- Nor feather ruffles the incumbent air, Save where the wagtail interrupts the noon.
