| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 16384 |
| QUOTATION: | And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home— Than Oars divide the Ocean, Too silver for a seam— Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon Leap, plashless as they swim. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), U.S. poet. A Bird came down the Walk (l. 15–20). CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Dickinson Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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