Skip to content
Linespedia

Wagtail And Baby

Topics: classic

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.

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"A baby watched a ford, whereto..."

This evocative piece by Thomas Hardy, titled "Wagtail And Baby", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

Classified Tags

Related lines

"There was a singing woman     Came riding across the mead     At the time of the mild May weather,      Tameless, tireless;     This song she"

"(M. H. 1772-1857)     She told how they used to form for the country dances -      "The Triumph," "The New-rigged Ship" -     To the light of th"

"What did it mean that noontide, when     You bade me pluck the flower     Within the other woman's bower,     Whom I knew nought of then?"

"Some say the spot is banned; that the pillar Cross-and-Hand      Attests to a deed of hell;     But of else than of bale is the mystic tale"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

Continue Reading

"There was a singing woman     Came riding across t..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.