--for Ruby
I wandered, lonely as a cat
That stalks the fence o’er yards with ‘Dales
When, all at once, I saw a crowd
That stalks the fence o’er yards with ‘Dales
When, all at once, I saw a crowd
Of fluff-tailed
squirrels and plumpy quails.
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Jumping and dancing
in the breeze.
I strained and
strained against the leash
To catch that wealth
of critter-meat—
I almost caught; my
teeth snapped shut—
And now, when on the
couch I sprawl,
In drooling or in pensive mood,
They flash upon my inward eye
They flash upon my inward eye
And scamper to my twitching paws.
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
by William Wordsworth
