Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TELL HER, SWEET THRUSH!, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE First Line: O thou sweet bird in the hazel tops Last Line: And love for evermore! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Hearts; Love - Complaints; Pity | ||||||||
O THOU sweet bird in the hazel tops, Piping high, piping low, piping clear! O thou sweet bird in the hazel tops, Pipe to me of my dear! Thou canst make love to her better than I, Thrush, O Thrush of my heart! Blending thy notes with the blue of the sky, While the cloudlets drift apart. Call to her now from the fields of thy grace, Name her by wood and stream! Tell her, I long to see her face Within the moonlight gleam. Tell her, sweet Thrush, of the grief that has lain For six long months at my breast, Tell her, sweet Thrush, of my endless pain Of the burden of my unrest. And if, of her grace, she would pity give Pity from her heart's core, Tell her, by that one word I'll live And love for evermore! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN PITY AS WE KISS AND LIE by JOHN CIARDI PITY THIS POOR ANIMAL by LUCILLE CLIFTON PITY ASCENDING WITH THE FOG by JAMES TATE EPISTLE IN FORM OF A BALLAD TO HIS FRIENDS by FRANCOIS VILLON IN AN ACT OF PITY by ROBERT CREELEY AN EXPOSTULATION by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE THE COMPASSIONATE FOOL by NORMAN CAMERON A DULL DAY IN SEPTEMBER by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE |
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