Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CRESTED JAY, by CHARLES AUGUSTUS KEELER Poet's Biography First Line: The jay is a jovial bird -- heigh ho! Last Line: That any stray fellow would seeheigh-ho! Subject(s): Jays | ||||||||
The jay is a jovial birdheigh-ho! He chatters all day In a frolicsome way With the murmuring breezes that blowheigh-ho! Hear him noisily call From a redwood tree tall To his mate in the opposite treeheigh-ho! Saying: "How do you do?" As his top-knot of blue Is raised as polite as can beheigh-ho! O impudent jay, With your plumage so gay, And your manners so jaunty and freeheigh-ho! How little you guessed When you robbed the wren's nest, That any stray fellow would seeheigh-ho! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PROMPT, EXECUTIVE BIRD IS THE JAY by EMILY DICKINSON THE JAUNTY JAY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS DOWN IN THE DUMP, SOME TIRES BURNIN' by RON BLOCK DEATH OF THE JAYBIRD by RON BLOCK JAY IN MASQUERADE by CHARLOTTE SMITH EPITAPH OF A JAY by HUMBERT WOLFE CAMILLA by CHARLES AUGUSTUS KEELER PESCADERO PEBBLES by CHARLES AUGUSTUS KEELER THE BELLS OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO by CHARLES AUGUSTUS KEELER |
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