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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAWS OF VERSE, by ALICE MEYNELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear laws, come to my breast!
Last Line: That I am not a feather, but a bird.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets
First Line: Dear laws, come to my breast!
Last Line: That I am not a feather, but a bird.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets
DEAR laws, come to my breast!
Take all my frame, and make your close arms meet
Around me; and so ruled, so warmed, so pressed,
I breathe, aware; I feel my wild heart beat.
Dear laws, be wings to me!
The feather merely floats. O be it heard
Through weight of life -- the skylark's gravity --
That I am not a feather, but a bird.
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