Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE ARE STILL KINGFISHERS, by ARCHIBALD YOUNG CAMPBELL Poet's Biography First Line: Faith, peace and joy today brings: all has failed Last Line: Not that he cares for them, but lives for ever. Subject(s): Kingfishers | ||||||||
FAITH, peace and joy to-day brings: all has failed I this day put my hand to, well know I; Less blind than some so far, though that's not why; But with joy, peace and faith my spirit is mailed, Since on Wren's bridge at noon, unseen, unhailed, I, all alone, saw the kingfisher fly. Not as before, startled by friendly prod, In stagnant ditch to imagine something quiver, Lost while half-seen; but brilliant, clear, and broad, Forty-two yards up the middle of the river Under my eyes shot the turquoise unflawed! Nothing of me that bird knows and will never; But I rejoiced, as men rejoice in God, Not that He cares for them, but lives for ever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KINGFISHER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE KINGFISHERS by CHARLES OLSON KINGFISHER by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN KINGFISHER by BEATRICE RUTH GIBBS THE CYNIC OF THE WOODS by ARTHUR PATCHETT MARTIN THE VAIN KING by HENRY VAN DYKE IN EARLY AUGUST by ARCHIBALD YOUNG CAMPBELL THE FIRSTBORN by ARCHIBALD YOUNG CAMPBELL |
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