Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY NEST, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography First Line: My lodging was on the cold rough ground Last Line: For my little birds so sweet. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
MY lodging was on the cold rough ground, And my pillow a rocky shelf; And the Poet's Corner was full of dust. And bits of stick and dead leaves, just An emblem of myself! But lo! I find that some little birds, With busy beak and wing, Have made for me a cosy nest, The very sort that I like best, Where I can lie in pleasant rest, And twitter, if not sing! And the Poet's Corner is swept so clean And made so nice and neat, That really I should feel quite rude, If I don't, in common gratitude, Produce some verses on the spot, And pour them out all fresh and hot, For my little birds so sweet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |
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