Be merry, all birds, to-day, Be merry on earth as you never were merry before, Be merry in heaven, O larks, and far away, And merry for ever and ever, and one day more. Why? For it's easy to find a rhyme. Look, look, how he flits, The fire-crown'd king of the wrens, from out of the pine! Look how they tumble the blossom, the mad little tits! 'Cuck-oo! Cuck-oo!' was ever a May so fine? Why? For it's easy to find a rhyme. O merry the linnet and dove, And swallow and sparrow and throstle, and have your desire! O merry my heart, you have gotten the wings of love, And flit like the king of the wrens with a crown of fire. Why? For it's ay ay, ay ay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FISHERMAN IN SONGKHLA by KAREN SWENSON THE REVEILLE by FRANCIS BRET HARTE TRAVEL by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON HOUSEHOLD POEMS: 1. BRONWEN by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE REASON WHY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE SNOW by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT VERMONT WILL DO HER PART by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE MORTAL LOVER by EDWARD CARPENTER |