Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOUR IN THE MORNING COURAGE, by FORD MADOX FORD



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FOUR IN THE MORNING COURAGE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The birds this morning wakened me so early it was hardly day
Last Line: The starling waked me ere the day aping the thrush's sober tune).
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Birds; Morning; Summer


THE birds this morning wakened me so early it was hardly day:
Ten sparrows in the lilac tree, a blackbird in the may,
A starling somewhere in the mews, a songthrush on a broken hat
Down in the yard the grocers use, all cried: "Beware; Beware! The Cat!"
I've never had the heart to rhyme, this year: I've always wakened sad
And late, if might be, so the time would be more short—but I was glad
With a mad gladness in to-day that is the longest day in June.
(That blackbird's nesting in the may.) For only yesterday at noon
In the long grass of Holland Park, I think—I think—I heard a lark...
I heard your voice: I saw your face once more ... (Upon that packing case
The starling waked me ere the day aping the thrush's sober tune).





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