I NEVER knew you save as all men know Twitter of mating birds, flutter of wings In April coverts, and the streams that flow— One of the happy voices of our Springs. A voice for ever stilled, a memory, Since you went eastward with the fighting ships, A hero of the great new Odyssey, And God has laid His finger on your lips. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ENEMY'S PORTRAIT by THOMAS HARDY THE TEARS OF THE POPLARS by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS SONNET FROM JAPAN: 1. THE SPELL by ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER PSALM 63 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE EXTRACTS FROM NEW-YEAR'S VERSES FOR 1825 by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |