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-
Then 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.