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A Bird, came down the Walk -He did not know I saw -He bit an Angle Worm in halvesAnd ate the fellow, raw,And then, he drank a DewFrom a convenient Grass -And then hopped sidewise to the WallTo let a Beetle pass -He glanced with rapid eyes,That hurried all abroad -They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,He stirred his Velvet Head. -Like one in danger, Cautious,I offered him a Crumb,And he unrolled his feathers,And rowed him softer Home -Than Oars divide the Ocean,Too silver for a seam,Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,Leap, plashless as they swim.--Emily Dickinson
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A Bird, came down the Walk -
ReplyDeleteHe did not know I saw -
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass -
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad -
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head. -
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home -
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, plashless as they swim.
--Emily Dickinson