Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPIRIT OF BIRD SONGS, by EDITH HASKELL TAPPAN


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SPIRIT OF BIRD SONGS, by                    
First Line: O birds that trail your evening songs across the sunset sky
Last Line: And heaven sends forth, to meet us, the spirits of our mates!
Subject(s): Birds; Singing & Singers


O birds that trail your evening songs across the sunset sky --
O happy creatures, spirit free, above the tree-tops swaying,
Innocent as cloistered nuns in mountain chapels praying, --
O be my spirit's pall-bearers when I shall come to die!

O bear me on your wings of song up to the heavenly gates,
And sing me through its portals where the heavenly choir is singing,
Till mingled with their songs of praise, the firmament is ringing,
And Heaven sends forth, to meet us, the spirits of our mates!




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