Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIKE SOUTHERN BIRDS, by ELIZABETH LUMMIS FRIES ELLETT Poet Analysis First Line: Like southern birds, whose wings of light Last Line: Lights, while it spurns, the world below. Alternate Author Name(s): Ellet, Elizabth F. Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
LIKE southern birds, whose wings of light Are cold and hueless while at rest -- But spread to soar in upward flight, Appear in glorious plumage drest; The poet's soul -- while darkly close Its pinions, bids no passion glow; But roused at length from dull repose, Lights, while it spurns, the world below. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER AUDUBON EXAMINES A BITTERN by ANDREW HUDGINS DISPATCHES FROM DEVEREUX SLOUGH by MARK JARMAN A COUNTRY LIFE by RANDALL JARRELL CANADIAN WARBLER by GALWAY KINNELL YELLOW BIRD by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE CRIPPLE by KARLE WILSON BAKER LINES by ELIZABETH LUMMIS FRIES ELLETT |
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