Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOCKING-BIRD, by ELIZABETH COPMANN First Line: The song that bursts and shatters Last Line: Anguish of a sinner? Subject(s): Mockingbirds | ||||||||
The song that bursts and shatters The death-sleep of the night, And tears our dreams to tatters, Is shorn of sheer delight -- The whole was stolen boldly From every foe and friend. Yet who could listen coldly; Be moral -- to the end, When above each rounded note Rises high the thinner Music never sung by rote -- Anguish of a sinner? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO OUR MOCKING-BIRD; DIED OF A CAT, MAY, 1878 by SIDNEY LANIER MOCKING BIRDS by KENNETH REXROTH MOCKINGBIRD MONTH by MONA VAN DUYN PATRIOTIC TOUR AND POSTULATE OF JOY by ROBERT PENN WARREN THE MOCKING BIRD by SIDNEY LANIER THE MOCKING-BIRD by FRANK LEBBY STANTON TO THE MOCKINGBIRD by RICHARD HENRY WILDE CONFLICTS by ELIZABETH COPMANN |
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