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.