THRUSH HARK! how the welkin rings, Trembling with glee! Hark! how the Mavis sings, Changing his key! Bird of the dapple-gray! Warbling from topmost spray,— What bard durst fling to-day Challenge to thee? BLACKBIRD Merle to his mate doth call, 'Springtime is near! Flute-like his accents fall, Blithesome his cheer! Never so true a note Down the soft wind did float From so divine a throat Of such a seer! LARK Queen of the azure sky! Whose dew-lapp'd home Green blades, or wheat, or rye, Serve for a dome.— Soaring with spiral flight High o'er the realms of sight, Rapt in thy song's delight, Where dost thou roam? LINNET Brown wings flash in and ou, Winnow the wind.— Lovers, without a doubt, Rapture enshrined! Flitting from tree to tree, Filling my soul with glee, Linnet, thy melody Is wondrous kind! ROBIN Robin, my winter friend, Robin, my Robin! Did all thy music end When winds were sobbing? Fetter'd to vain regret, Is thy bright soul afret? Surely the Spring can set Thy heart a-throbbing? CHAFFINCH Chaf'st thou at my approach? Shelfie, refrain! Never could I encroach On thy domain. Bird of the flashing plume! Piercing the days of gloom, Thy mossy nest resume, Fearless of bane THE ROOKS Cradled in sunset glows, Rock'd by the storm! Far from your fellest foes, Chaunting Life's psalm. Happy community! Builded of Unity.— Dawn's importunity Is Evening's calm. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SOCIOLOGY OF TOYOTAS AND JADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE COLOR SERGEANT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE CANDLE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: PENNIWIT, THE ARTIST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE PAST IS THE PRESENT (2) by MARIANNE MOORE ELEGY: THE GHOST WHOSE LIPS WERE WARM; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL |