Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LARK, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: There is a small bird cowering in the dark Last Line: In the dark! Subject(s): Birds; Fear; Larks; Skylarks | ||||||||
There is a small bird cowering in the dark; His wing is broken, he will no more sing; He will not fly, nor sing again, the lark With a broken wing! The bird that cowers with a broken wing Is all alone -- His mate has gone away: In the morrow, in the sun, in the field, his mate will sing Her wonted lay. In the dew, in the limpid dawn, in the ray Of the sun, she'll sing the comrade gone Who will not cheer a sunny day Again for any one. All panic looks and listens with his eyes! He is all fear! He is no more a lark! Only the heart dares stir of him that lies In the dark! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS; ON HEARING A SKYLARK SING by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE CAGED SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE SEA AND THE SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE WOODLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE LARK ASCENDING by GEORGE MEREDITH RETURNING, WE HEAR THE LARKS by ISAAC ROSENBERG AUBADE [OR, A MORNING SONG FOR IMOGEN], FR. CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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