Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WILD DUCK'S NEST, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH


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First Line: The imperial consort of the fairy-king
Last Line: For human-kind, weak slaves of cumbrous pride!
Subject(s): Ducks; Mallards; Drakes


THE imperial Consort of the Fairy-king
Owns not a sylvan bower; or gorgeous cell
With emerald floored, and with purpureal shell
Ceilinged and roofed; that is so fair a thing
As this low structure, for the tasks of Spring,
Prepared by one who loves the buoyant swell
Of the brisk waves, yet here consents to dwell;
And spreads in steadfast peace her brooding wing.
Words cannot paint the o'ershadowing yew-tree bough,
And dimly-gleaming Nest, -- a hollow crown
Of golden leaves inlaid with silver down,
Fine as the mother's softest plumes allow:
I gazed -- and, self-accused while gazing, sighed
For human-kind, weak slaves of cumbrous pride!






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