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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS HEART, INTO A BIRD, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: The tears o'erflow'd fair cynthia's eyes Last Line: Then pleas'd, she laugh'd, and dried her face. Subject(s): Tears | |||
THE tears o'erflow'd fair Cynthia's eyes, Her pretty bird away was flown; For this great loss she made her moan, And quarrell'd with her destinies. My Heart a secret joy exprest, As hoping good from that escape, Took wings, and in the fug'tive's shape, Got shelter in her snowy breast. Which prov'd a fatal resting-place, For she, th' impostor when she found, Gave it with spite a mortal wound, Then pleas'd, she laugh'd, and dried her face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ TIME ROCKING ON by ANSELM HOLLO TEARS AND KISSES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: GEORGE JOSLIN ON LA MENKEN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT? by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE TEARS FALL IN MY HEART by PAUL VERLAINE ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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