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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIRD-MAN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Man is a bird
Last Line: Him down from heaven to earth!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Mankind; Human Race
First Line: Man is a bird
Last Line: Him down from heaven to earth!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Mankind; Human Race
Man is a bird:
He rises on fine wings
Into the Heaven's clear light;
He flies away and sings --
There's music in his flight.
Man is a bird:
In swiftest speed he burns,
With twist and dive and leap;
A bird whose sudden turns
Can drive the frightened sheep.
Man is a bird:
Over the mountain high,
Whose head is in the skies,
Cut from its shoulder by
A cloud -- the bird-man flies.
Man is a bird:
Eagles from mountain crag
Swooped down to prove his worth;
But now they rise to drag
Him down from Heaven to earth!
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