Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOUR IN THE MORNING COURAGE, by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography First Line: The birds this morning wakened me so early it was hardly day Last Line: The starling waked me ere the day aping the thrush's sober tune). Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Birds; Morning; Summer | ||||||||
THE birds this morning wakened me so early it was hardly day: Ten sparrows in the lilac tree, a blackbird in the may, A starling somewhere in the mews, a songthrush on a broken hat Down in the yard the grocers use, all cried: "Beware; Beware! The Cat!" I've never had the heart to rhyme, this year: I've always wakened sad And late, if might be, so the time would be more shortbut I was glad With a mad gladness in to-day that is the longest day in June. (That blackbird's nesting in the may.) For only yesterday at noon In the long grass of Holland Park, I thinkI thinkI heard a lark... I heard your voice: I saw your face once more ... (Upon that packing case The starling waked me ere the day aping the thrush's sober tune). | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL ODE TO THE END OF SUMMER by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY |
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