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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BIRD'S ANGER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: A summer's morning that has but one voice
Last Line: "before it makes a coffin of your nest."
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: A summer's morning that has but one voice
Last Line: "before it makes a coffin of your nest."
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Birds
A SUMMER'S morning that has but one voice;
Five hundred stooks, like golden lovers, lean
Their heads together, in their quiet way,
And but one bird sings, of a number seen.
It is the lark, that louder, louder sings,
As though but this one thought possessed his mind:
"You silent robin, blackbird, thrush, and finch,
I'll sing enough for all you lazy kind!"
And when I hear him at this daring task,
"Peace, little bird," I say, "and take some rest;
Stop that wild, screaming fire of angry song,
Before it makes a coffin of your nest."
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