For the sake of the song would I sing to-day, As the goldfinch warbles its notes awing, As the brown thrush hides in the brush to sing And the bluebird pipes in the fields of May. Let the prophet voices preach and pray Where the wheels and heels of traffic ring; For the sake of the song would I sing to-day As the goldfinch warbles its notes awing. Ay, free as the mist in a sun-kissed bay, When the dawn peeps over the hills of spring, Would my soul rise high to its caroling— For the sake of the song would I sing to-day, As the goldfinch warbles its notes awing! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POOR DEVIL! by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET FOREST FLOWERS by ROBERT FROST FOR OUR BETTER GRACES by JAMES GALVIN ACROSS THE RED SKY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD BROTHERHOOD (2) by EDWIN MARKHAM |