Low fence-wire? ''There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum trees in tremulous white, Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone.'' The poem above was written by Sara Teasdale. I happened to read it the other day and I couldn't but notice a handful of words which I have no knowledge of, I must confess. So, I wonder what the true meanings of the words/expressions below are: - Robins - Feathery fire - Low fence-wire - Whims Would you be so kind as to provide me with the meanings of such words/expressions? Thank you very much!