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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIKE SOUTHERN BIRDS, by ELIZABETH LUMMIS FRIES ELLETT Poet Analysis
First Line: Like southern birds, whose wings of light
Last Line: Lights, while it spurns, the world below.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ellet, Elizabth F.
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: Like southern birds, whose wings of light
Last Line: Lights, while it spurns, the world below.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ellet, Elizabth F.
Subject(s): Birds
LIKE southern birds, whose wings of light
Are cold and hueless while at rest --
But spread to soar in upward flight,
Appear in glorious plumage drest;
The poet's soul -- while darkly close
Its pinions, bids no passion glow;
But roused at length from dull repose,
Lights, while it spurns, the world below.
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