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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MYNAH BIRD, by PAUL SUMMERS First Line: The mynah bird is a tawdry thing Last Line: The misery of singers -- with half a song! Subject(s): Mynah Birds; Mina Birds; Myna Birds | |||
The Mynah bird is a tawdry thing With robin's head and blackbird's wing, A croaking jester of the feathered clan -- An ugly thing in a lovely land. Still, in his broken caroling Have I often heard him sing Notes that have wrung my heart so long -- The misery of singers -- with half a song! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER A LITERARY TEA by PAUL SUMMERS DOMESDAY BOOK: THE CONVENT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS YOU MAY REMEMBER by LULU PIPER AIKEN THE STORK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM SONG OF THE SEA ROVER by GAMALIEL BRADFORD SUPPLICATION by MARGARET H. BRANDON NOVEMBER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOW THE SONG WAS MADE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A CHILD AT A WINDOW by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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