Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GOLDEN PLOVER, by JONAS HALLGRIMSSON


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THE GOLDEN PLOVER, by                    
First Line: Gay the little plover flew
Last Line: Half an hour before.
Subject(s): Plovers


GAY the little plover flew
Swooping up the morning blue,
Singing in the light:
"Praise the bounteousness of God!
See how green is every clod,
See how heaven is bright!

"On the heath I have a nest,
Where my little babies rest,
Waiting me at home;
Them my mother-love supplies
Tender worms and pretty flies,
When once more I come."

Home the little plover sped
(Radiant shone the sun o'erhead,
Sweet earth's flowery floor)
Laden sought her nestlings small --
But the crows had crunched them all
Half an hour before.






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