一鸟降而行
未晓吾目盯
啄蚯成两蚓
食之味且腥
一露彼饮尽
缘之草青青
退跃墙之屏
怯让甲虫径
一瞥目流灵
疾扫全场景
竦惧若珠莹
吾心暗同省
彼探雪绒脑
处危心警晓
吾奉一屑削
彼展羽之妙
遨游返柔乡
且胜桨分洋
银光无隙亮
蝶飞午正饷
跃离河之畔
风行游且畅
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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.
