WHY do you stand on the air And no sun shining? How can you hold yourself so still On raindrops sliding? They change and fall, they are not steady, But you do not know they are gone. Is there a silver wire I cannot see? Is the wind your perch? Raindrops slide down your little shoulders . . . They do not wet you: I think you are not real In your green feathers! You are not a humming-bird at all Standing on air above the garden! I dreamed you the way I dream fairies, Or the flower I lost yesterday! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BALLAD OF CHRISTMAS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE EXEQUY [ON HIS WIFE] by HENRY KING (1592-1669) SIR LANCELOT AND QUEEN GUINEVERE by ALFRED TENNYSON LADY-SLIPPER by STELLA PFEIFFER BAISCH THE MESSAGE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN SANDY STAR: 3. EXIT by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE FIRST SIGHT by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |