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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOANNA BAILLIE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The gliding fish that takes his play
Last Line: May both in ruin fold.
Subject(s): Love
First Line: The gliding fish that takes his play
Last Line: May both in ruin fold.
Subject(s): Love
The gliding fish that takes his play
In shady nook of streamlet cool,
Thinks not how waters pass away,
And summer dries the pool.
The bird beneath his leafy dome,
Who trills his carol, loud and clear,
Thinks not how soon his verdant home
The lightning's breath may sear.
Shall I within my bridegroom's bower,
With braids of budding roses twined,
Look forward to a coming hour
When he may prove unkind?
The bee reigns in his waxen cell,
The chieftain in his stately hold,
To-morrow's earthquake,—who can tell?
May both in ruin fold.
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