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

711 Strong Draughts of Their Refresh… To drink—enables Mine Through Desert or the Wilderness As bore it Sealed Wine—

759 He fought like those Who’ve nough… Bestowed Himself to Balls As One who for a further Life Had not a further Use—

376 Of Course—I prayed— And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird—had stamped her foot—

434 To love thee Year by Year— May less appear Than sacrifice, and cease— However, dear,

205 I should not dare to leave my frie… Because—because if he should die While I was gone—and I—too late— Should reach the Heart that wante…

XXXII HOPE is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the wor… And never stops at all,

20 Distrustful of the Gentian— And just to turn away, The fluttering of her fringes Child my perfidy—

The only ghost I ever saw Was dressed in mechlin,—so; He wore no sandal on his foot, And stepped like flakes of snow. His gait was soundless, like the b…