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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry.  1920.
 
Ralph Hodgson. 
 
110. The Birdcatcher
 
WHEN flighting time is on, I go 
With clap-net and decoy, 
A-fowling after goldfinches 
And other birds of joy; 
  
I lurk among the thickets of         5
The Heart where they are bred, 
And catch the twittering beauties as 
They fly into my Head. 
 
 
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