Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE OWL, by THOMAS RUSSELL (1762-1788) Poet's Biography First Line: Grave bird, that sheltered in thy lonely bower Last Line: On me and thee alike is bent to light. Subject(s): Birds; Owls | ||||||||
Grave Bird, that sheltered in thy lonely bower, On some tall oak with ivy overspread, Or in some silent barn's deserted shed, Or mid the fragments of some ruined tower, Still, as of old, at this sad solemn hour, When now the toiling sons of care are fled, And the freed ghost slips from his wormy bed, Complainest loud of man's ungentle power, That drives thee from the cheerful face of day To tell thy sorrows to the pale-eyed night, Like thee, escaping from the sunny ray, I woo this gloom, to hide me from the sight Of that fell tribe, whose persecuting sway On me and thee alike is bent to light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ORATION: HALF-MOON IN VERMONT by NORMAN DUBIE LOVE AMID OWL-CRIES by JANE HIRSHFIELD THE OWL'S BEDTIME STORY by RANDALL JARRELL OWL AGAINST ROBIN by SIDNEY LANIER FACADE: 21. THE OWL by EDITH SITWELL PHILOCTETES AT LEMNOS; SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN AT LEMNOS by THOMAS RUSSELL (1762-1788) |
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