I'd forgotten about that pheasant, Clive. Tim Murphy has never quoted that poem to me! Interestingly, I had purchased and read the Hall anthology before I learned of the existence of the earlier Hall, Pack, and Simpson one. I think you're right in that the selection of Wilbur poems in Hall is not as good as it could have been, though I doubt that a copyright problem was the cause. Maybe R. W. can clear this up for us.
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