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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WINGS OF EROS, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Love, like a bird, hath perch'd upon a spray
Last Line: But hush! . . . Remind not eros of his wings.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Cupid; Eros
First Line: Love, like a bird, hath perch'd upon a spray
Last Line: But hush! . . . Remind not eros of his wings.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Cupid; Eros
LOVE, like a bird, hath perch'd upon a spray
For thee and me to harken what he sings.
Contented, he forgets to fly away;
But hush! . . . remind not Eros of his wings.
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