110. Birdcatcher. Ralph Hodgson. Modern British Poetry

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.