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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The blackbird sings in the hazel-brake Last Line: You are nothing more to me. Subject(s): Flirtation; Love - Complaints | |||
THE blackbird sings in the hazel-brake, And the squirrel sits on the tree; And Blanche she walks in the merry greenwood, Down by the summer sea. The blackbird lies when he sings of love, And the squirrel, a thief is he; And Blanche is an arrant flirt, I swear, And light as light can be. O blackbird, die in the hazel-brake! And squirrel, starve on the tree! And Blanche -- you may walk in the merry greenwood. You are nothing more to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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