Bird or Beast?
Did any bird come flyingAfter Adam and Eve,When the door was shut against themAnd they sat down to grieve?
I think not Eve’s peacockSplendid to see,And I think not Adam’s eagle;But a dove may be.
Did any beast come pushingThrough the thorny hedge 10Into the thorny thistly world,Out from Eden’s edge?
I think not a lion,Though his strength is such;But an innocent loving lambMay have done as much.
If the dove preached from her boughand the lamb from his sod,The lamb and doveWere preachers sent from God. 20