My heart, I cannot still it, Nest that had song-birds in it;
And when the last shall go,
The dreary days to fill it,
Instead of lark or linnet,
Shall whirl dead leaves and snow.

Had they been swallows only,
Without the passion stronger
That skyward longs and sings,—
Woe’s me, I shall be lonely
When I can feel no longer
The impatience of their wings!

A moment, sweet delusion,
Like birds the brown leaves hover;
But it will not be long
Before their wild confusion
Fall wavering down to cover
The poet and his song

How does the second stanza of "Auspex" tie the first and third stanzas together?
It prepares the reader for the seriousness that only appears in the third stanza.
It offers a counterclaim to the first stanza, which is then rejected in the third stanza.
It offers a break in thought from the subject matter of the first and third stanzas.
It resolves the crucial problem that is raised in the first and third stanzas.