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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROBIN, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When up aloft / I fly and fly
Last Line: Feathery ball!
Subject(s): Robins
First Line: When up aloft / I fly and fly
Last Line: Feathery ball!
Subject(s): Robins
WHEN up aloft
I fly and fly,
I see in pools
The shining sky,
And a happy bird
Am I, am I!
When I descend
Towards their brink
I stand, and look,
And stoop, and drink,
And bathe my wings,
And chink and prink.
When winter frost
Makes earth as steel
I search and search
But find no meal,
And most unhappy
Then I feel.
But when it lasts,
And snows still fall,
I get to feel
No grief at all,
For I turn to a cold stiff
Feathery ball!
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