Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LONELY MOUNTAIN, by JOHN BANISTER TABB



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First Line: One bird, that ever with the wakening spring
Last Line: A mountain stirred.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Birds; Nature


ONE bird, that ever with the wakening spring
Was wont to sing,
I wait, through all my woodlands, far and near,
In vain to hear.

The voice of many waters, silent long
Breaks forth in song;
Young breezes to the listening leaves outpour
Their heavenly lore:

A thousand other winged warblers sweet,
Returning, greet
Their fellows, and rebuild upon my breast
The wonted nest.

But unto me one fond familiar strain
Comes not again --
A breath whose faintest echo, farthest heard,
A mountain stirred.





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