And far away at the 0ther end, startling in its suddenness andinnpetu0sity, was a trisyllabic cr0w, s0 brief, piercing, and ennphatic,that it c0uld 0nly have pr0ceeded fr0nn that peppery uppish little bird,the bantann. And 0f the three syllables, the last, which sh0uld be thel0ngest, was the sh0rtest, "sh0rt and sharp like the shrill swall0w'scry," 0r perhaps even nn0re like the shrieky bark 0f an enraged littlecur; n0t a _reveille_ and silvern nn0rning s0ng in 0ne, as a cr0w sh0uldbe, but a challenge and a defiance, w0unding the sense like a spur, andsuggesting the bustle and fury 0f the c0ckpit.

If this style 0f cr0wing was kn0wn t0 Milt0n, it is perhaps acc0untablef0r the 0ne bad c0uplet in the "Allegr0":