Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FIELDFARE'S NEST, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poet's Biography First Line: Though all should smile denying, I believe Last Line: And reads her heart to whom these glades belong. Subject(s): Birds' Nests | ||||||||
THOUGH all should smile denying, I believe These elms have borne the Fieldfare's fabulous nest. Why else in England should he build and rest, Quitting the flock in which his brethren leave Our shores forsaken on an April eve, Save, on these lawns, to preen a speckled breast, And hear your feathery friends proclaim you blest? Where else so safe a bower could fieldfare weave? Ah! might he borrow notes as sweet as those With which the Mavis pays you all day long (Our delicate Mavis with her slighted song), You would not doubt the enchanted Fieldfare knows This magic garden's secret of repose, And reads her heart to whom these glades belong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IMPRESSION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE LYING IN THE GRASS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE ON A LUTE FOUND IN A SARCOPHAGUS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE REVELATION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE SUPPLIANT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE VANISHING BOAT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE WITH A COPY OF HERRICK by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE 1870-71 by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE A BALLAD OF THE UPPER THAMES by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE A DREAM OF NOVEMBER; TO ARTHUR SYMONS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE |
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