Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAPWING, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poet's Biography First Line: How like that pied and restless bird am I Last Line: And love must watch my nest when I am gone. Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
How like that pied and restless bird am I Called Lapwing from her false and feigned wound! Lame on one side she painfully doth fly, Drooping her crest, and circling near the ground; Such thought she takes but to conceal her brood, Who crowd unseen within a helpless nest, Nor can rough idlers, though their steps intrude, Win that nice secret from her panting breast; So I in many songs most deftly hide The tender casket of my heart's rich pain, Lest one dear name my soul hath deified Be trodden upon by wandering feet profane; I sing my songs for Love's true priests alone, And Love must watch my nest when I am gone. | 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 FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE |
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