The nest is round and the nest is small, Dear little circle enclosing all, All of the joy in the wide world's bound, Though the nest is small and the nest is round. The nest is fashioned of common things, Leaves and grasses and twigs and strings, Yet never a palace so lordly fine As the palace fashioned of leaves and twine. The house had never an architect, No pother of plans to discuss and select, But Love was the builder and Love was the plan, And Love was the competent artisan. No lease was signed by these happy folk, No rent was required by their Landlord Oak, All at no charges and all of the best, -- The world's biggest bargain is surely a nest! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEIGHBORS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS by JOHN GAY THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN THE LANDLADY'S DAUGHTER by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1802 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |