Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NIGHTINGALE, by HORACE SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Lone warbler! Thy love-melting heart supplies Last Line: So kind and watchful is celestial love! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Birds; Love; Nightingales; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
LONE warbler! thy love-melting heart supplies The liquid music-fall, that from thy bill Gushes in such ecstatic rhapsodies, Drowning night's ear. Yet thine is but the skill Of loftier love, that hung up in the skies Those everlasting lamps, man's guide, until Morning return, and bade fresh flowers arise, Blooming by night, new fragrance to distil. Why are these blessings lavished from above On man, when his unconscious sense and sight Are closed in sleep; but that the few who rove, From want or woe, or travels urge by night, May still have perfumes, music, flowers, and light; So kind and watchful is celestial love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING ADDRESS TO THE MUMMY AT BELZONI'S EXHIBITION by HORACE SMITH |
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