Dawn wakes the day that queerly forms your night, Strange bird. Now pray explain why you were caught In my hen-coop, by dawn -- the pink delight? Please tell me, Wisdom Eyes, just what you sought? You wink and shake your drowsy head at me, Seem to forget I trapped you, fugitive Of light, that I can cage or set you free. Another wink! You know that I will give You liberty. It seems as if you know That I am of your kind: that I a man, Am owl more than a man; that my thoughts glow Bright in the starlit night's slow caravan Of dreams; that I, like you, O Wisdom Eyes, When questioned by my friends, wink mute replies! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BATTLE OF BRITAIN by CECIL DAY LEWIS BEARING LEAVES AGAIN by DAVID IGNATOW THE MAN TO BE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AT NIGHT; SONNET by AMY LOWELL GUNS AS KEYS: AND THE GREAT GATE SWINGS by AMY LOWELL |