Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIR ORIOLE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: This is a merry world Last Line: Happy sir oriole! Subject(s): Orioles | ||||||||
"This is a merry world, Truly a jolly world" -- So sings the oriole. He is a winged flame, He bears a lighted breast, Sunshine incarnated. His is a swinging song, His is a swinging nest, His is a swinging flight. Ever a-tilt is he, Tilting at gloominess, Happy Sir Oriole! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ORIOLE SONG by MARION PELTON GUILD A SONG IN JUNE by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 289 by HAN SHAN ORIOLE AND POET by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE ORIOLE by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR BALTIMORE ORIOLE by SARA V. PRUESER ZENITH: WALKER CREEK 3. MAKING MUCH OF ORIOLES by PETER DAVISON A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BELATED MEMORIAL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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