Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A CROW, by ROBERT BURNS WILSON Poet's Biography First Line: Bold, amiable, ebon outlaw, grave and wise! Last Line: And her wide lap shall still provide for thee. | ||||||||
BOLD, amiable, ebon outlaw, grave and wise! For many a good green year hast thou withstood -- By dangerous, planted field and haunted wood -- All the devices of thine enemies, Gleaning thy grudged bread with watchful eyes And self-relying soul. come ill or good, Blithe days thou see'st, thou feathered Robin Hood! Thou mak'st a jest of farm-land boundaries. Take all thou may'st, and never count it crime To rob the greatest robber of the earth, Weak-visioned, dull, self-lauding man, whose worth Is in his own esteem. Bide thou thy time; Thou know'st far more of Nature's lore than he, And her wide lap shall still provide for thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEAD PLAYER by ROBERT BURNS WILSON THE SUNRISE OF THE POOR by ROBERT BURNS WILSON BENEDICTION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: 20. A HAPPY MARRIAGE by THOMAS CAMPION MERCILES BEAUTE; A TRIPLE ROUNDEL: 3. ESCAPE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER WARREN'S ADDRESS [TO THE AMERICANS] [AT BUNKER HILL] [JUNE 17, 1775] by JOHN PIERPONT DARWINISM by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON THE LOST PLEIAD by WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |
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