When I had thought my end was near, And I must soon prepare to die – 'Be quick! Be quick!' the Mavis called, And 'Haw, Haw, Haw!' the Rooks did cry. What bird, with even greater scorn, Has come so quickly following after? Is this the Chaffinch – how his voice Reproves me with its wholesome laughter! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHISPERS OF IMMORTALITY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT LOVE IS LIKE A DIZZINESS by JAMES HOGG ENDYMION by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO SPAIN - A LAST WORD by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS SONNET: EUTERPE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |