How Soft A Caterpillar Steps

By Emily Dickinson

How soft a Caterpillar steps —
I fond one on my Hand
From such a velvet world it comes
Such plushes at command
Its soundless travels just arrest
My slow — terrestrial eye
Intent upon its own career
What use has it for me —

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