Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BIRDS, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That's the dove, my darling! Last Line: In the sunshine, fresh and golden! Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
THAT'S the dove, my darling! Murmurous, soft and tender; There! she's mooning, crooning, On a pine-branch slender. And ah! it's the dove, the dove, dove, dove, That never can coo, but she pleads of love, Of love, love, love, In the shadows fair and tender. That's the wren, my fairy! With her we love-pledges; See her playing, straying Underneath the hedges. And oh! it's the wren, the wren, wren, wren, That is never contented too far from men, But lives, lives, lives Secure in the field-side hedges. That's the thrush, my beauty! Hark! and let us hear her, Yonder swinging, singing, Higher, bolder, clearer, And oh! it's the thrush, the thrush, thrush, thrush, Whose loud song wakens the noon-tide hush, The deep, deep hush Of the meadows and wolds, to hear her! That's the mockbird, sweetheart! To all tones beholden, Which are thrilling, filling Glades of woodland golden, And ah! it's a bird, a bird, bird, bird, The sweetest that ever a mortal heard. Ah! sweet, sweet, sweet, In the sunshine, fresh and golden! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER AUDUBON EXAMINES A BITTERN by ANDREW HUDGINS DISPATCHES FROM DEVEREUX SLOUGH by MARK JARMAN A COUNTRY LIFE by RANDALL JARRELL CANADIAN WARBLER by GALWAY KINNELL YELLOW BIRD by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE CRIPPLE by KARLE WILSON BAKER A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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