Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WREN'S NEST, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: I took the wren's nest Last Line: God forgive me! Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria Subject(s): Birds' Nests | ||||||||
I TOOK the wren's nest; -- Heaven forgive me! Its merry architects so small Had scarcely finished their wee hall, That, empty still, and neat and fair, Hung idly in the summer air. The mossy walls, the dainty door, Where Love should enter and explore, And Love sit carolling outside, And Love within chirp multiplied; -- I took the wren's nest; -- Heaven forgive me! How many hours of happy pains Through early frosts and April rains, How many songs at eve and morn O'er springing grass and greening corn, Before the pretty house was made! One little minute, only one, And she'll fly back, and find it -- gone! I took the wren's nest: Bird, forgive me! Thou and thy mate, sans let, sans fear, Ye have before you all the year, And every wood holds nooks for you, In which to sing and build and woo; One piteous cry of birdish pain -- And ye'll begin your life again, And quite forget the lost, lost home In many a busy home to come. -- But I? -- Your wee house keep I must Until it crumble into dust. I took the wren's nest: God forgive me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK NOW AND AFTERWARDS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK ONLY A WOMAN by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK PHILIP, MY KING by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A 'MERCENARY' MARRIAGE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHILD'S SMILE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHRISTMAS CAROL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD BABY by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD SEA-GULL; NEAR LIVERPOOL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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