Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, QUEST, by CHARLOTTE KELTON


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First Line: When april brings the chimney swift, her nest
Last Line: The swifts, deserting home, row out of sight.
Subject(s): Weariness; Wings; Fatigue


When April brings the chimney swift, her nest
Is swung within my hollow maple tree;
Where, sheltered close beneath their mother's breast,
Six fledglings break white shells triumphantly;
How weak and trembling they appear
The ten long days they linger near
Their lattice edge -- and lift in fear
Uncertain wings to soar aloft for test
Of strength -- until there comes persistently
Adventure's call, rebounding clear
To urge them on -- and then -- in sudden flight
Against the sky -- with chorus of delight --
The swifts, deserting home, row out of sight.





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