|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAPTIVE DOVE, by ANNE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Poor restless dove, I pity thee
Last Line: Must pine, neglected, and alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton
Subject(s): Doves
First Line: Poor restless dove, I pity thee
Last Line: Must pine, neglected, and alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton
Subject(s): Doves
POOR restless dove, I pity thee;
And when I hear thy plaintive moan,
I mourn for thy captivity,
And in thy woes forget mine own.
To see thee stand prepared to fly,
And flap those useless wings of thine,
And gaze into the distant sky,
Would melt a harder heart than mine.
In vain -- in vain! Thou canst not rise:
Thy prison roof confines thee there;
Its slender wires delude thine eyes,
And quench thy longings with despair.
Oh, thou wert made to wander free
In sunny mead and shady grove,
And, far beyond the rolling sea,
In distant climes, at will to rove!
Yet, hadst thou but one gentle mate
Thy little drooping heart to cheer,
And share with thee thy captive state,
Thou couldst be happy even there.
Yes, even there, if, listening by,
One faithful dear companion stood,
While gazing on her full bright eye,
Thou mightst forget thy native wood.
But thou, poor solitary dove,
Must make, unheard, thy joyless moan;
The heart, that Nature formed to love,
Must pine, neglected, and alone.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
LETTING THE DOVES OUT by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER
THE DOVE'S NECK by GERALD STERN
THE DOVE IN SPRING by WALLACE STEVENS
WHAT THE DOVE SINGS by CAROL FROST
THE DOVE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR