Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOCKING-BIRD, by ELIZABETH COPMANN



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MOCKING-BIRD, by                    
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?





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