A Bird Came Down The Walk

                                    

                                       

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 around

They look 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, splash less as they swim.