Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PARROT; A DOMESTIC ANECDOTE, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The deep affections of the breast Last Line: Dropped down, and died. Subject(s): Memory; Parrots | ||||||||
THE deep affections of the breast, That Heaven to living things imparts, Are not exclusively possessed By human hearts. A parrot, from the Spanish Main, Full young, and early caged, came o'er With bright wings, to the bleak domain Of Mulla's shore. To spicy groves where he had won His plumage of resplendent hue, His native fruits, and skies, and sun, He bade adieu. For these he changed the smoke of turf, A heathery land and misty sky, And turned on rocks and raging surf His golden eve. But, petted, in our climate cold He lived and chattered many a day; Until with age, from green and gold His wings grew gray. At last, when blind and seeming dumb, He scolded, laughed, and spoke no more, A Spanish stranger chanced to come To Mulla's shore; He hailed the bird in Spanish speech, The bird in Spanish speech replied, Flapped round his cage with joyous screech, Dropped down, and died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEDITATIONS OF A PARROT by JOHN ASHBERY TROPICAL PARROTS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE SAILOR TO HIS PARROT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES TO A SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO by MARY NICHOL CAMPBELL SONG OF THE THREE SEEDS IN THE MACAW'S BEAK by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH THE PARROT by JAMES ELROY FLECKER BATTLE OF THE BALTIC by THOMAS CAMPBELL DOWNFALL OF POLAND [FALL OF WARSAW, 1794] by THOMAS CAMPBELL |
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