Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILD GEESE (1740), by HENRY LONGAN STUART Poet's Biography First Line: There's a cloud across the moon Last Line: Mine to me. Subject(s): Geese | ||||||||
There's a cloud across the moon, And a boat that rocks below, And it's "Come!" the breakers croon "While the tide is at the flow." Oh! the keening and the crying, When the Wild Geese would be flying, From a land that, sore and sighing, Lets them go. There's a regiment in France That they call the "Irlandaise," But it's oh! the weary dance That their fife and bugle plays. And it's oh! the heavy measure, And the piping without pleasure, If the heart that was your treasure Bleeds and pays. There's a shadow on my heart Like the shadow on the sea: But the sooner, love, we part, Sure the sooner back you'll be. Oh! the dancing and the singing, When the Wild Geese west come winging, Bringing home their king, and bringing Mine to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALKING THE GEESE HOME by JUDY JORDAN THE GIGGLING GAGGLING GAGGLE OF GEESE by JACK PRELUTSKY PREDICTIONS ABOUT A BLACK CAR by MARK WUNDERLICH THE SELVEGE by LINDA GREGERSON LAODICEA by HENRY LONGAN STUART |
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