To Form An Alliance With Its Ambulatory Will

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be 

at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life…The beautiful vagabonds, 

endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds – 

how many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives – 

and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!

~ John Burroughs