Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE QUIET OBSERVER, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear old friend of us all in need Last Line: But all good things. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Birds; Friendship; March (month) | ||||||||
DEAR old friend of us all in need Who know the worth of a friend indeed, How rejoiced are we all to learn Of your glad return. We who have missed your voice so long -- Even as March might miss the song Of the sugar-bird in the maples when They're tapped again. Even as the memory of these Blended sweets, -- the sap of the trees And the song of the birds, and the old camp too, We think of you. Hail to you, then, with welcomes deep As grateful hearts may laugh or weep! -- You give us not only the bird that sings, But all good things. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AND AGAIN, MARCH IS ALMOST HERE by JOHN ASHBERY MARCH: A BIRTHDAY POEM by JOHN UPDIKE MARCH by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS IN EARLIEST SPRING by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: MARCH by EDMUND SPENSER TO MY SISTER by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH WRITTEN IN MARCH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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