Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCITUATE BIRD, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Where is your 'scituate, scituate, scituate' Last Line: Live there and sing there till singing I die. Subject(s): Scituate, Massachusetts; Yellowthroats (birds) | ||||||||
[The Maryland Yellowthroat, whose song to many is "witchery, witchery, witchery, witch!" to me calls the name of the Massachusetts seaside village of Scituate.] Where is your "Scituate, Scituate, Scituate," Bright little warbler up in the tree? I know a Scituate, Scituate, Scituate, I know a Scituate hard by the sea, New England Scituate, plain little Scituate, Dear little Scituate, quaint as can be. Is that your "Scituate, Scituate, Scituate"? Is that the theme of your whistling song? Or some mysterious Scituate, Scituate, Far in the land where the fairies belong? Other quite misty, impalpable Scituate, Whither the fairies and singing birds throng? Gold-breasted chanter of "Scituate, Scituate," Whence came the gold? It was surely from there! Bright-throated lover of "Scituate, Scituate," Warm is the glow of your Scituate fair! Vigorous praiser of "Scituate, Scituate," Surely that region surpasses compare! Lead me, gay warbler, to Scituate, Scituate; Close will I follow wherever you fly. I would see Scituate, Scituate, Scituate, Vocal with carols and bright to the eye; Yes, I would live in your Scituate, Scituate, Live there and sing there till singing I die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BELATED MEMORIAL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIBLE LOVER'S THANKSGIVING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIT OF GOOD WORK by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BOY'S SUPERIORITY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BUILDING SITE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CAPE COD WOOD ROAD by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CERTAIN EDITOR by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CHALLENGE TO WORRY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CHANCE MEETING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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