A Bird, came down the
Walk –
He 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.

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