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.