The wind begun to knead the grass

The Wind began[^a1] to rock the Grass
With threatening tunes and low -
He flung a Menace at the Earth -
A Menace at the Sky -

[^a1: began | begun]

The Leaves unhooked themselves from trees
And started all abroad,
The Dust did scoop itself like Hands
And throw away the Road.

The Wagons quickened on the Streets -
The Thunder hurried slow -
The Lightening[^a2] showed a Yellow Beak,
And then a Vivid[^a3] Claw -

[^a2: Lightening | Lightning]

[^a3: Vivid | livid]

The Birds put up the Bars to Nests
The Cattle fled to Barns -
Then came one Drop of Giant Rain
And then as if the Hands

That held the Dams had parted hold
The Waters Wrecked the Sky
But overlooked my Father's House,
Just quartering a tree.