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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,)
Last Line: She hers, he his, pursuing.
Subject(s): Birds; Eagles
First Line: Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,)
Last Line: She hers, he his, pursuing.
Subject(s): Birds; Eagles
SKIRTING the river road (my forenoon walk, my rest),
Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles,
The rushing amorous contact high in space together,
The clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel,
Four beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling,
In tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling,
Till o'er the river poised, the twain yet one, a moment's lull,
A motionless still balance in the air, then parting, talons loosing,
Upward again on slow-firm pinions slanting, their separate
diverse flight,
She hers, he his, pursuing.
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