Beautiful it is to see On London Bridge the bold-eyed seabirds wheel, And hear them cry, and all for a light-flung crust Fling us their wealth, their freedom, speed and gleam. And beautiful to see Them that pass by lured by these birds to stay, And smile and say "how tame they are" -- how tame! Friendly as stars to steersmen in mid seas, And as remote as midnight's darling stars, Pleasant as voices heard from days long done, As nigh the hand as windflowers in the woods, And inaccessible as Dido's phantom. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BEGGAR'S OPERA: SONG. AIR 16: OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY by JOHN GAY ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY WOO NOT THE WORLD by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II MYSTERY: 1 by ANNE MILLAY BREMER |