Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COVERT, by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON Poet's Biography First Line: One day, when sunny fields lay warm and still Last Line: "thy hiding-place is safe. Glad heart, keep still!" Alternate Author Name(s): H. H.; Holm, Saxe; Jackson, Helen Hunt Subject(s): Love; Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
One day, when sunny fields lay warm and still, And from their tufted hillocks, thick and sweet With moss and pine and ferns, such spicy heat Rose up, it seemed the air to overfill, And quicken every sense with subtle thrill, I rambled on with careless, aimless feet, And lingered idly, finding all so sweet. Sudden, almost beneath my footsteps' weight, Almost before the sunny silence heard Their sound, from a low bush, which scarcely stirred A twig at lightening of its hidden freight, Flew, frightened from her nest, the small brown mate Of some melodious, joyous, soaring bird, Whose song that instant high in air I heard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ah! Heart," I said, "when days are warm and sweet, And sunny hours for very joy are still, And every sense feels subtle, languid thrill Of voiceless memory's renewing heat, Fly not at sound of strangers' aimless feet! Of thy love's distant song drink all thy fill! Thy hiding-place is safe. Glad heart, keep still!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A LAST PRAYER by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON |
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