Owl-Blasted

"Farmer Hunt doubted whether there really were any tongs which he

seemed to hold in his hand, . . . . Ah, these solid houses, real estates,

have wings like so many nimble mosquitoes, and do exceedingly hop and

+ avoid mel" -Emerson's Journals.

"You can trap no sweet

From such nimble things-

They have goblin feet,

They have goblin wings.

"Chase them everywhere,

Everywhere they flee:

Emptier than air

Are the world and we."

Who has heard the madmen

Shall remember long

All their goblin music

And their goblin song.