Robert Francis His Own The fish leaps up to take the fly, The bird dives down to take the fish. Seldom we see the plunder die But sometimes hear the sudden splash And turn in time to catch the flash Before we see what we have seen. And who is he who would not wish His own to be as quick and clean? Robert Francis, Robert Francis: Collected Poems, 1936-1976, University of Massachusetts Press, 1985. Whole Wide World An Anthology of Poems Long As You're Living: Collected Poems (pdf)
His Own
The fish leaps up to take the fly, The bird dives down to take the fish. Seldom we see the plunder die But sometimes hear the sudden splash And turn in time to catch the flash Before we see what we have seen. And who is he who would not wish His own to be as quick and clean?
Robert Francis, Robert Francis: Collected Poems, 1936-1976, University of Massachusetts Press, 1985.