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 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.