Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MOCKINGBIRD, by JOHN WARWICK DANIEL III



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THE MOCKINGBIRD, by                    
First Line: Like a herald rainbow springing from a cloud
Last Line: And I have learned the music of a passionate desire.
Subject(s): Memory; Mockingbirds; Music & Musicians


Like a herald rainbow springing from a cloud,
His voice ascends the spangled arch of night;
Lovely with the color of a thousand songs,
It throbs and fills the ear beyond delight.
Fresh in lyric plunder mellowed in his breast,
Our vocal Shakespeare wakes the silent hour;
Warm with eager rapture, his melodies addressed
To memories of day, for lovers of unrest.

Motley in its mixture, frenzied in its tone,
Sweeter far than solos ever are,
Medley follows medley in echoes that have flown
From throats that sang one song and one alone.
I do not know the skylark nor the feted nightingale,
But I have heard the mockingbird aspire
To sereneade the stars with a tongue of a passionate de
To sereneade the stars with a tongue of silver fire,
And I have learned the music of a passionate desire.





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