Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEART O' THE WOODS, by JOHN BURROUGHS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hear it beat in morning still Last Line: Thy flight is music every hour. Subject(s): Birds; Forests; Woods | ||||||||
I hear it beat in morning still When April skies have lost their gloom, And through the woods there runs a thrill That wakes arbutus into bloom. I hear it throb in sprouting May -- A muffled murmur on the breeze, Like mellow thunder leagues away, Or booming voice of distant seas. Or when the autumn leaves are shed, And frosts attend the fading year, Like secret mine sprung by my tread A covey bursts from hiding near. I feel its pulse 'mid winter snows, And feel my own with added force, When partridge drops his cautious pose, And forward takes his humming course. The startled birches shake their curls, A withered leaf leaps in the breeze; Some hidden mortar speaks, and hurls Its feathered missile through the trees. Compact of life, of fervent wing, A dynamo of feathered power, Thy drum is music in the spring, Thy flight is music every hour. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER |
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