WAGTAIL AND BABY
                                                            
A Baby watched a ford, whereto
  A wagtail came for drinking;
A blaring bull went wading through,
  The wagtail showed no shrinking.
                                                            
A stallion splashed his way across,
  The birdie nearly sinking;
He gave his plumes a twitch and toss,
  and held his own unblinking.
                                                            
Next saw the baby round the spot
  A mongrel slowly slinking: 
The wagtail gazed, but faltered not
  In dip and sip and prinking.
                                                            
A perfect gentleman then neared;
  The wagtail, in a winking,
With terror rose and disappeared.
  The baby fell a-thinking.

                            Thomas Hardy

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           LITERARY LOVE
                                                            
I BROKE my heart because of you, my dear;
I wept full many an unmanly tear -
But as in agony I lay awake
I thought, "What lovely poems this will make!"
                                                            
                                   Harry Kemp
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