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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOY OF THE MORNING, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I hear you, little bird
Last Line: Nor such a listener.
Subject(s): Morning
First Line: I hear you, little bird
Last Line: Nor such a listener.
Subject(s): Morning
I HEAR you, little bird,
Shouting a-swing above the broken wall.
Shout louder yet: no song can tell it all.
Sing to my soul in the deep, still wood:
'T is wonderful beyond the wildest word:
I'd tell it, too, if I could.
Oft when the white still dawn
Lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart,
I've felt it like a glory in my heart,
(The world's mysterious stir)
But had no throat like yours, my bird,
Nor such a listener.
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