No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?
Source: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, ch. 7, 1974.
-- Annie Dillard, (Apr 30 1945-____), US author; She won a Pulitzer prize for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 1975.