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TO A BIRD ON A DOWNTOWN WIRE, by                    
First Line: And so, with feet god meant should cling
Last Line: Theocritus in feathers!
Subject(s): Birds; Telephone Wires


AND so, with feet God meant should cling
To woodland rafters
You poise upon that tensile thread
And loose your lyric laughters.

Yet through that thread this moment runs
A human story
More fit for art than you might find
In all your repertory —

A theme to make a master's song
Defy all weathers;
But not for such light throat as yours —
Theocritus in feathers!





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