Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLUE-BIRD, by MARION THORNTON EGBERT First Line: Sunshine, the bird, and the bended bough Last Line: How I envy you! Subject(s): Birds; Wings | ||||||||
SUNSHINE, the bird, and the bended bough, Hushed and afar are life's troubles now When here I may feel the flying feet, The throb of the bird's heart flutter sweet, And all the unforgotten bliss That thrills her, when she sings like this, Upon yon bended bough. Oh to cling for a wild mad moment of bliss To a bended bough with a lover's kiss, To stay for an instant the flying feet, To know the pain of a joy complete, To waken Memory, to thrill anew At the ghost-spray's touch, O bird of blue, How I envy you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ESTATE SALE: THE SCRABBLE GAME OF A DEAD WOMAN by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE FREED FROM ANOTHER CONTEXT by ELEANOR WILNER THE BIRD IN THE LAUREL'S SONG by ELEANOR WILNER THE LITERAL = THE ABSTRACT: A DEMONSTRATION by ELEANOR WILNER THE BUTCHER SHOP by DAVID IGNATOW |
|