Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOCKINGBIRD, by JOHN WARWICK DANIEL III 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES |
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