Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BLACKBIRD, by KATHARINE TYNAN


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First Line: Day turns to night
Last Line: In a wet march lane.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Blackbirds; Happiness; Pain; Singing & Singers; Joy; Delight; Suffering; Misery


DAY turns to night
And the Blackbird sings
In the grey twilight
A song of heavenly things.

He sings and he sways,
Is it joy or pain?
What is the word he says
That breaks the heart in twain?

O Blackbird asthore,
If I were in Heaven
I'd find an open door
Some sweet March even.

I would leave that bliss
To hear again
Your dear wild ecstasies
In a wet March lane.

Joy of immortal things,
Grief of mortality,
The Blackbird sways and sings
On a yet leafless tree.

The soul within its cage
Flutters in joy, in pain,
The Blackbird sings—oh, Mage!
In a wet March lane.





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