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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN IRISH BLACKBIRD, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography
First Line: This is my brave singer
Last Line: Skies so wide for you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Blackbirds
First Line: This is my brave singer
Last Line: Skies so wide for you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Blackbirds
THIS is my brave singer,
With his beak of gold;
Now my heart's a captive
In his song's sweet hold.
O, the lark's a rover,
Seeking fields above:
But my serenader
Hath a human love.
"Hark!" he says, "in winter
Nests are full of snow,
But a truce to wailing,
Summer breezes blow.
"Hush!" he sings, "with night-time
Phantoms cease to be,
Join your serenader
Piping on his tree."
O, my little lover,
Warble in the blue;
Wingless must I envy
Skies so wide for you.
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