Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VALENTINE'S DAY, by CHARLES KINGSLEY


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VALENTINE'S DAY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! I wish I were a tiny brown bird
Last Line: With my tiny life and tiny song just ended at their best.
Subject(s): Holidays; Valentine's Day


OH! I wish i were a tiny brown bird from out the south
Settled among the alder-bolts, and twittering by the stream;
I would put my tiny tail down, and put up my tiny mouth,
And sing my tiny life away in one melodious dream.

I would sing about the blossoms, and the sunshine and the sky,
And the tiny wife I mean to have in such a cozy nest;
And if some one came and shot me dead, why then I could but die,
With my tiny life and tiny song just ended at their best.




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