Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAMENT FOR THE POETS: 1916, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I heard the poor old woman say Last Line: In derry of the little hills. Variant Title(s): The Blackbirds Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
I HEARD the Poor Old Woman say: "At break of day the fowler came, And took my blackbirds from their songs Who loved me well thro shame and blame. No more from lovely distances Their songs shall bless me mile by mile, Nor to white Ashbourne call me down To wear my crown another while. With bended flowers the angels mark For the skylark the place they lie, From there its little family Shall dip their wings first in the sky. And when the first surprise of flight Sweet songs excite, from the far dawn Shall there come blackbirds loud with love, Sweet echoes of the singers gone. But in the lonely hush of eve Weeping I grieve the silent bills." I heard the Poor Old Woman say In Derry of the little hills. | 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 EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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