Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLIGHTING WINGS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY First Line: The mother eagle wrecks the nest Last Line: To bear our souls all ills above. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
The mother eagle wrecks the nest To make her fledglings fly, But watches each, with wings outstretched, And fierce maternal eye; And swoops if any fail to soar, And lands them on the crag once more. So God at times breaks up our nest, Lest, sunk in slothful ease, Our souls' wings moult and lose the zest For battle with the breeze; But ever waits, with arms of love, To bear our souls all ills above. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A NEW EARTH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY |
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