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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEARY PHOENIX, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER
First Line: Amid the flames, self burned, the great bird dies
Last Line: "I think of sleep—perhaps the ash is best."
Subject(s): Birds; Birds' Nests
First Line: Amid the flames, self burned, the great bird dies
Last Line: "I think of sleep—perhaps the ash is best."
Subject(s): Birds; Birds' Nests
Amid the flames, self burned, the great bird dies,
White embers wait his new birth as a nest,
But if he said, "Perhaps I shall not rise,
"I think of sleep—perhaps the ash is best."
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