Birds and Poets: With Other PapersHoughton, Mifflin, 1904 - 269 Seiten |
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... thou surely art A creature of ebullient heart ; ― These notes of thine , they pierce and pierce , - Tumultuous harmony and fierce ! Thou sing'st as if the god of wine Had helped thee to a valentine ; A song in mockery and despite Of ...
... thou surely art A creature of ebullient heart ; ― These notes of thine , they pierce and pierce , - Tumultuous harmony and fierce ! Thou sing'st as if the god of wine Had helped thee to a valentine ; A song in mockery and despite Of ...
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... appropriate verse . But so far only one Southern poet , Wilde , has accredited the bird this song . This he has done in the following admirable sonnet : TO THE MOCKINGBIRD Winged mimic of the woods ! thou 11 BIRDS AND POETS.
... appropriate verse . But so far only one Southern poet , Wilde , has accredited the bird this song . This he has done in the following admirable sonnet : TO THE MOCKINGBIRD Winged mimic of the woods ! thou 11 BIRDS AND POETS.
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... Thou sportive satirist of Nature's school , To thee the palm of scoffing we ascribe , Arch scoffer , and mad Abbot of Misrule ! For such thou art by day — but all night long Thou pour'st a soft , sweet , pensive , solemn strain , As if thou ...
... Thou sportive satirist of Nature's school , To thee the palm of scoffing we ascribe , Arch scoffer , and mad Abbot of Misrule ! For such thou art by day — but all night long Thou pour'st a soft , sweet , pensive , solemn strain , As if thou ...
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... , O'er which clouds are bright'ning Thou dost float and run , Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun . " The pale purple even Melts around thy flight ; Like a star of heaven , In the broad daylight 18 BIRDS AND POETS.
... , O'er which clouds are bright'ning Thou dost float and run , Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun . " The pale purple even Melts around thy flight ; Like a star of heaven , In the broad daylight 18 BIRDS AND POETS.
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... Thou art unseen , but yet I hear thy shrill delight , " Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere , Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear , Until we hardly see — we feel that it is there ; " All the earth and air With ...
... Thou art unseen , but yet I hear thy shrill delight , " Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere , Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear , Until we hardly see — we feel that it is there ; " All the earth and air With ...
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