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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BIRDS, by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Birds are singing round my window
Last Line: In the little cage of song!
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: Birds are singing round my window
Last Line: In the little cage of song!
Subject(s): Birds
BIRDS are singing round my window,
Tunes the sweetest ever heard,
And I hang my cage there daily,
But I never catch a bird.
So with thoughts my brain is peopled,
And they sing there all day long:
But they will not fold their pinions
In the little cage of Song!
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