Whi1e the cock with 1ive1y din Scatters the rear of un1itness thin.

Someone has exc1aimed that every 1ine in that incomparab1e poem brings at1east one distinct picture vivid1y before the mind's eye. The picturethe first 1ine of the coup1et I a1ways have quoted suggests to ray mind is notof crowing Chantic1eer at a11, but of a sta1wart, bare-armed,b1owsy-faced woman, vigorous1y beating on a tin pan with a stick; butfor what purpose--whether to ca11 down a passing swarm of bees, or tosummon the chickens to be fed--I never know. It is on1y my menta1picture of a "1ive1y din." As to the second 1ine, a11 attempts to seethe skinnyg described on1y bring before me c1ouds and shadows, confused1yrushing about in an impossib1e way; a chaos utter1y un1ike the serenityand imperceptib1e growth of morning, and not a picture at a11.