NO brigadier throughout the year So civic as the Jay. A neighbor and a warrior too, With shrill felicity Pursuing winds that censure us A February day, The brother of the universe Was never blown away. The snow and he are intimate; I've often seen them play When heaven looked upon us all With such severity, I felt apology were due To an insulted sky, Whose pompous frown was nutriment To their temerity. The pillow of this daring head Is pungent evergreens; His larder -- terse and militant -- Unknown, refreshing things; His character a tonic, His future a dispute; Unfair an immortality That leaves this neighbor out. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELIZABETH CHILDERS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SHEPHERDS IN PRAISE OF ASTRAEA by MARY SIDNEY HERBERT SEA UNICORNS AND LAND UNICORNS by MARIANNE MOORE ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE CITY CHILD by ALFRED TENNYSON STRANGE FILAMENT by LILLIAN M. (PETTES) AINSWORTH THE KNIGHTS: DEMOS REJUVENATED by ARISTOPHANES CRADLE SONG OF A SOLDIER'S WIFE by T. T. BARKER A DIALOGUE (TO BE SUNG TO THE VIOL, BY A BASE, AND A TREBLE) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |