Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JENNY WREN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Her sight is short, she comes quite near Last Line: Had starlings singing without stop.' Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Birds; Wrens | ||||||||
Her sight is short, she comes quite near; A foot to me's a mile to her; And she is known as Jenny Wren, The smallest bird in England. When I heard that little bird at first, Methought her frame would surely burst With earnest song. Oft had I seen Her running under leaves so green, Or in the grass when fresh and wet, As though her wings she would forget. And, seeing this, I said to her -- 'My pretty runner, you prefer To be a thing to run unheard Through leaves and grass, and not a bird!' 'Twas then she burst, to prove me wrong, Into a sudden storm of song; So very loud and earnest, I Feared she would break her heart and die. 'Nay, nay,' I laughed, 'be you no thing To run unheard, sweet scold, but sing! O I could hear your voice near me, Above the din in that oak tree, When almost all the twigs on top Had starlings singing without stop.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ENVIOUS WREN by PHOEBE CARY THE THREE WRENS by PHOEBE CARY VISIT OF THE WRENS by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE THE SLEEP OF WOOD IN THE HOUSE OF WRENS by GEORGE LOONEY ONCE I COULD SAY by IRA SADOFF FOR A WINTER WREN by DAVID WAGONER CHILD'S TALK IN APRIL by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONG OF THE WRENS: SPRING by ALFRED TENNYSON A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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