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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WOLF, THE HORNET, AND THE NIGHTINGALE, by STANTON ARTHUR COBLENTZ First Line: A wolf, a hornet, and a nightingale Last Line: Slaying the rapturous song-bird on the wing! Subject(s): Birds; Hearts; Hornets; Nightingales; Thought; Wolves; Thinking | |||
A wolf, a hornet, and a nightingale Are locked in separate cages of my heart. At times the insect strikes with poison dart, The beast complains with melancholy wail. At times the songster strives without avail To voice high numbers of impassioned art, But ever, though serene she broods apart, Low brutish grumblings make her faint and quail. Oh, how to drive the wolf from out his den, To halt the hornet's tantalizing sting, And make the bright musician soar and sing? Ah, how? I cannot say! I know not when The bestial powers unseen will rise again, Slaying the rapturous song-bird on the wing! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MILLE ET UN SENTIMENTS (PREMIERS CENTS) by DENISE DUHAMEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON by CLARENCE MAJOR I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER EASY LESSONS IN GEOPHAGY by KENNETH REXROTH GENTLEMEN, I ADDRESS YOU PUBLICLY by KENNETH REXROTH ON FLOWER WREATH HILL: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH BIRTH by STANTON ARTHUR COBLENTZ |
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