Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN EAGLE, by JOHN HANMER First Line: Wild bird, they say that who like thee Last Line: And stayeth either course, and killeth all the kind. Subject(s): Birds; Eagles | ||||||||
Wild bird, they say that who like thee Would soar, must single-minded be, Nor love life's light variety; Over seas and mountains blue Ever with the sun in view, If it shine not in the sky, Seeing still with inner eye; And so in famous story Shall they have after glory. But the supple snake below, With his winding courses slow, Uttereth in his heart, 'Ho, Ho! For one spirit of the air There are thousands of the earth; Cautiously with me they fare, Through the depths I lead them forth: And so in famous story Have they the surer glory.' The while comes Winter with his frosts behind And stayeth either course, and killeth all the kind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE TO NOTHING by CAROLYN KIZER FOR THE LAST WOLVERINE by JAMES DICKEY THE EAGLE OF THE BLUE by HERMAN MELVILLE THE EAGLE; A FRAGMENT by ALFRED TENNYSON THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES by WALT WHITMAN THE EAGLE AND THE MOLE by ELINOR WYLIE MYRMIDONES: THE WOUNDED EAGLE by AESCHYLUS |
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