Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A SINGING BIRD, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: Dear prison'd bird, how do the stars combine Last Line: Thou liv'st by singing, I by singing die. Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
DEAR prison'd Bird, how do the stars combine To make my am'rous state resemble thine? Thou, happy thou! dost sing, and so do I, Yet both of us have lost our liberty; For him thou sing'st who captive thee detains, And I for her who makes me wear her chains: But I, alas, this disproportion find, Thou for delight, I sing to ease my mind: Thy heart's exalted, mine depress'd does lie; Thou liv'st by singing, I by singing die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER AUDUBON EXAMINES A BITTERN by ANDREW HUDGINS DISPATCHES FROM DEVEREUX SLOUGH by MARK JARMAN A COUNTRY LIFE by RANDALL JARRELL CANADIAN WARBLER by GALWAY KINNELL YELLOW BIRD by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE CRIPPLE by KARLE WILSON BAKER ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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