Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUSPEX, by ROBERT FROST



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First Line: Once in a california sierra
Last Line: That there was anything I couldn’t be
Subject(s): Eagles


Once in a California Sierra
I was swooped down upon when I was small,
And measured, but not taken after all,
By a great eagle bird in all its terror.

Such auspices are very hard to read.
My parents when I ran to them averred
I was rejected by the royal bird
As one who would not make a Ganymede.

Not find a barkeep unto Jove in me?
I have remained resentful to this day
When any but myself presumed to say
That there was anything I couldn't be.






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