THE MAKING OF BIRDS
By Katherine Tynan
God made Him birds in a pleasant humour;
Tired of planets and suns was He.
He said: “I will add a glory to summer,
Gifts for my creatures banished from Me!”
He had a thought and it set Him smiling
Of the shape of a bird and its glancing head,
Its dainty air and its grace beguiling:
“I will make feathers,” the Lord God said.