Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TITMOUSE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you would happy company win Last Line: Sweet-fed, will flit away. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Animals | ||||||||
If you would happy company win, Dangle a palm-nut from a tree, Idly in green to sway and spin, Its snow-pulped kernel for bait; and see A nimble titmouse enter in. Out of earth's vast unknown of air, Out of all summer, from wave to wave, He'll perch, and prank his feathers fair, Jangle a glass-clear wildering stave, And take his commons there -- This tiny son of life; this spright, By momentary Human sought, Plume will his wing in the dappling light, Clash timbrel shrill and gay -- And into Time's enormous Nought, Sweet-fed, will flit away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROMANTIC MOMENTS by TONY HOAGLAND INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL THE ANIMALS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE PRESENCES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES BESTIARY by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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