Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE KITTEN AT PLAY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH


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First Line: See the kitten on the wall
Last Line: What would little tabby care?
Subject(s): Animals; Cats


See the kitten on the wall,
Sporting with the leaves that fall,
Withered leaves, one, two and three
Falling from the elder tree,
Through the calm and frosty air
Of the morning bright and fair.

See the kitten, how she starts,
Crouches, stretches, paws and darts;
With a tiger-leap half way
Now she meets her coming prey.
Let it go as fast and then
Has it in her power again.

Now she works with three and four,
Like an Indian conjurer;
Quick as he in feats of art,
Gracefully she plays her part;
Yet were gazing thousands there;
What would little Tabby care?






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