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A Bird came down
the Walk -
He did not know I
saw -
He bit an Angleworm
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 around -
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.
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