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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

Ralph Hodgson1871–1962

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

The Heart where they are bred,

And catch the twittering beauties as

They fly into my Head.