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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SONGSTERS, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Sing, nightingale! There still be those who take
Last Line: Still tolerated bird!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales
First Line: Sing, nightingale! There still be those who take
Last Line: Still tolerated bird!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales
SING, Nightingale! There still be those who take
Thy music to be sweet.
Chant thine old chant -- till the new fashions make
All melody obsolete.
I cannot doubt that soon the corncrake's note
Shall be to thine preferred!
What then? Sing on, -- with thy still golden throat,
Still tolerated bird!
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