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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MUSIC-LESSON, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography
First Line: A thrush alit on a young-leaved spray
Last Line: Hymn of rejoicing in praise of their love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude
Subject(s): Birds; Thrushes
First Line: A thrush alit on a young-leaved spray
Last Line: Hymn of rejoicing in praise of their love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude
Subject(s): Birds; Thrushes
A THRUSH alit on a young-leaved spray,
And, lightly clinging,
It rocked in its singing
As the rapturous notes rose loud and gay;
And with liquid shakes,
And trills and breaks,
Rippled through blossoming boughs of May.
Like a ball of fluff, with a warm brown throat
And throbbing bosom,
'Mid the apple-blossom,
The new-fledged nestling sat learning by rote
To echo the song
So tender and strong,
As it feebly put in its frail little note.
O blissfullest lesson amid the green grove!
The low wind crispeth
The leaves, where lispeth
The shy little bird with its parent above;
Two voices that mingle
And make but a single
Hymn of rejoicing in praise of their love.
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