Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COCK, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER First Line: In the black hour the friendly cock did cry Last Line: A frozen sun to gild the frozen bough. Subject(s): Roosters; Time; Cocks | ||||||||
In the black hour the friendly cock did cry, And from the iron city where I lay, I heard his petty trumpet in the sky, His single word that darkness should be day. And I who would have stopped the tick of the clock, The sun as well, because of what I knew, Took courage from the courage of the cock, Who only did what he was used to do. And listening to his boast by sunlight taught, His loud promiscuous comfort I knew how To echo himto draw from practiced thought A frozen sun to gild the frozen bough. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A COCK AT ROCHESTER by CHARLES SEDLEY THE HEATH-COCK by JOANNA BAILLIE TWO VIEWS OF IT by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH CHICK-A-ROOSTER by HENRY CROCKER ROOSTER; TO PAT RYAN by JAMES HARRISON THE COCK AND THE FOX by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE UNCLE JOHN FIDDLER by PERCY MACKAYE 800,000 VIBRATIONS TO THE SECOND by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER |
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