His Bill is clasped -- his Eye forsook -- by Emily Dickinson
His Bill is clasped -- his Eye forsook -- His Feathers wilted low -- The Claws that clung, like lifeless Gloves Indifferent hanging now -- The Joy that in his happy Throat Was waiting to be poured Gored through and through with Death, to be Assassin of a Bird Resembles to my outraged mind The firing in Heaven, On Angels -- squandering for you Their Miracles of Tune --
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