Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MIGRATION, by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS Poet's Biography First Line: The caged bird, that all the autumn day Last Line: To follow them where summer has no date Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
THE caged bird, that all the autumn day In quiet dwells, when falls the autumn eve Seeks how its liberty it may achieve, Beats at the wires and its poor wings doth fray: For now desire of migrant change holds sway; This summer-vacant land it longs to leave, While its free peers on tireless pinions cleave The haunted twilight, speeding south their way. Not otherwise than as the prisoned bird, We here dwell careless of our captive state Until light dwindles, and the year grows late, And answering note to note no more is heard; Then, our loved fellows flown, the soul is stirred To follow them where summer has no date | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER AUDUBON EXAMINES A BITTERN by ANDREW HUDGINS DISPATCHES FROM DEVEREUX SLOUGH by MARK JARMAN A COUNTRY LIFE by RANDALL JARRELL CANADIAN WARBLER by GALWAY KINNELL YELLOW BIRD by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE CRIPPLE by KARLE WILSON BAKER |
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