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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO QUESTION, by GEORGE H. DILLON
First Line: Seeing at last how each thing here beneath
Last Line: Why birds must fly, seeing the flight of birds.
Subject(s): Birds; Death; Flowers; Dead, The
First Line: Seeing at last how each thing here beneath
Last Line: Why birds must fly, seeing the flight of birds.
Subject(s): Birds; Death; Flowers; Dead, The
Seeing at last how each thing here beneath
The glimmering stars is lawful: having found
By a wide watch how scrupulously Death
To keep his tacit promises is bound,
How from their vagrance the disbanded dusts
Resume integrity in blood or bloom,
How punctually the sunstruck red rose thrusts
Its rigid flame into the golden gloom --
Knowing that ultimate prospect where appears
The accurate ebb and flood of furious water,
The undirected wind's clean course, the sphere's
Deliberate strong spinning, I would utter
No question now, nor prosecute in words
Why birds must fly, seeing the flight of birds.
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