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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BLACKBIRD, by MARCUS ARGENTARIUS Poet's Biography
First Line: No longer by the oak. O blackbird, sing
Last Line: But vines bear grapes -- and bacchus loves a song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Markus Argentarios
Subject(s): Blackbirds
First Line: No longer by the oak. O blackbird, sing
Last Line: But vines bear grapes -- and bacchus loves a song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Markus Argentarios
Subject(s): Blackbirds
NO longer by the oak, O blackbird, sing
Nor whistle, resting on its topmost spray:
Oaks are your foe: come, where the vineyards spring
And spread the shadow of their green and grey:
Upon the branches plant your feet and so
Pour forth your throaty music shrill and strong;
For oak-trees bear the murderous mistletoe,
But vines bear grapes -- and Bacchus loves a song.
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