Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AKIN, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poet's Biography First Line: Who that has marked the white owl's flight Last Line: Bird music on the hill! Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
WHO that has marked the white owl's flight Or blessed the lark at noon, Or listened of a summer night And startled at the loon; Who that has browsed with blunt-nosed sheep, Or spied an adder drink, Or seen a baby skunk asleep, Or heard the bob-o-link -- Who so has fared, and felt no free Delight within him run; Then of the great freemasonry Be sure he is not one. But if his sentient ardour flow For things that pad or fly, With you and me -- oh! surely know He hath affinity. America and England breed Those who are brothers still, For that the beasts they love, and heed Bird music on the hill! | 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 |
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