Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPARROW AND THE DEW-DROP, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: When to the birds their morning meal I threw Last Line: Fie on thy little foot and thrumming wing! Subject(s): Sparrows | ||||||||
When to the birds their morning meal I threw, Beside one perky candidate for bread There flash'd and wink'd a tiny drop of dew, But while I gaz'd, I lost them, both had fled; His careless tread had struck the blade-hung tear, And all its silent beauty fell away; And left, sole relic of the twinkling sphere, A sparrow's dabbled foot upon a spray; Bold bird! that didst efface a lovely thing Before a poet's eyes! I've half a mind, Could I but single thee from out thy kind, To mulct thee in a crumb; a crumb to thee Is not more sweet than that fair drop to me; Fie on thy little foot and thrumming wing! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOUSE SPARROWS by ANTHONY HECHT FIFTH GROUP OF VERSE: 9. DAVID by CHARLES REZNIKOFF SPARROWS AMONG DRY LEAVES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE SPARROW by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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