A Houyhnhnm's Scrapbook/Number 1/Provenience

​Provenience

By Margaret Abbott

A bird who soared to dizzy height
Met a silver mass in frantic flight,
“Who are you? Why do you fly so fast?”
The mass scowled hard as it flew past
And growled while scanning the great above,
“I'm looking for a cloud to be the lining of.”

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