Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM HAWK AND KITE, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: Poor fluttered, frightened, silent one! Last Line: Guard the poor from treachery! Subject(s): Birds; Hawks; Kites | ||||||||
Poor fluttered, frightened, silent one! If we had seen your nest of clay, We should have passed it, would have gone, Nor frightened you away. Are others too must guard a nest From hawk, and kite, and secret foe, And that despair is in their breast Which you this moment know. Shield the nests where'er they be! In the house, or in the tree! Guard the poor from treachery! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON DANGEROUS GAMES by CAROLYN KIZER THE KITE (FOR BILL AND SANDY BAILEY) by MARK STRAND THE PAPER KITE, SELS by SAMUEL BOWDEN THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 2. CANTO 1. PRELUDE. THE KITES by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON |
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