Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREAMERS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: There was a poet once who died Last Line: Of a little bird for the other! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
There was a poet once who died, His casement opened wide; With his two hands he clasped his book, And died with his last look Fixed on the brightest star How great some poets are! I too have my ambitious end, With one green leaf in either hand And save the small breast-feather Of a little bird for the other! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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