by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
A prompt ‑ executive Bird is the Jay
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE GER
A prompt - executive Bird is the Jay -
Bold as a Bailiff’s Hymn -
Brittle and Brief in quality -
Warrant in every line -
Sitting a Bough like a Brigadier
Confident and straight -
Much is the mien of him in March
As a Magistrate -
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Confirmed with
The Poems of Emily Dickinson, ed. R.W. Franklin, Volume 2, Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998, Poem 1022 (Version C).
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Der Häher", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Der Häher
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Ein pünktlicher - geschäftiger Vogel ist der Häher -
Kühn wie die Weise eines Verwalters -
Spröde und Knapp seine Beschaffenheit -
Vollmacht in jeder Zeile -
Auf dem Ast sitzend wie ein Brigadegeneral
Selbstsicher und aufrecht -
Seine Miene im März hat viel von der
Eines Schiedsmannes -
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-28
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