at just 5 a

at just 5 a
m i hear eng
(which cannot sing)
lish sparrows say

then 2 or per
(who can and do
fat pigeons coo)
haps even 4

now man’s most vast
(unmind by brain)
more than machine
turns less than beast

at 6 this bell
’s whisper asks(of
a world born deaf)
“heaven or hell”