Collected poems, 1901-1918 (Vol. 2)/Chicken

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Collected poems, 1901-1918 (1920)
by Walter de la Mare
Chicken
2913164Collected poems, 1901-1918 — Chicken1920Walter de la Mare


CHICKEN

CLAPPING her platter stood plump Bess,
And all across the green
Came scampering in, on wing and claw,
Chicken fat and lean: —
Dorking, Spaniard, Cochin China,
Bantams sleek and small,
Like feathers blown in a great wind,
They came at Bessie's call.

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