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TO A MOCKING-BIRD: FROM TAORMINA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The nightingale has a golden heart
Last Line: With the free, proud heart of a man.
Subject(s): Birds; Life; Love; Mockingbirds; Nightingales; Tears


The nightingale has a golden heart,
And a silver heart the wren;
But, oh, for me the bold, bright bird
That sings with the heart of men!

His music is not of seas forlorn,
His magic is not of tears;
From tilted throat his raptures float
And tumble in laughter and jeers.

He does not cease when daylight dies,
But he sings right on to the dark;
The stars or moon may die or swoon,
In the drip of the rain -- O hark!

He does not cease when spring is done,
And his mate with love is fled;
A fairer thing than love or spring
Is life. And the fall is red.

Sing, nightingales and silver wrens
And fairy throats that can;
But the bird I love is the darling bird
With the free, proud heart of a man.





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