Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A BIRD ON A DOWNTOWN WIRE, by HILTON ROSS GREER First Line: And so, with feet god meant should cling Last Line: Theocritus in feathers! Subject(s): Birds; Telephone Wires | ||||||||
AND so, with feet God meant should cling To woodland rafters You poise upon that tensile thread And loose your lyric laughters. Yet through that thread this moment runs A human story More fit for art than you might find In all your repertory A theme to make a master's song Defy all weathers; But not for such light throat as yours Theocritus in feathers! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: IRMA LEESE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE WAY TO ARCADY by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER by JOHN KEATS BEAVER BROOK by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A SONNET WRITTEN BY A NYMPH IN HER OWN BLOOD by CLAUDIO ACHILLINI WHEN THE FOLKS COME ALONG by FREDERICK L. ALLEN LOOKING FORWARD by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA CONTENT; WRITTEN OFF ITHACA by ALFRED AUSTIN TO MRS W. ON HER EXCELLENT VERSES WRITTEN IN A FIT OF SICKNESS by APHRA BEHN JOSEPH'S REFORM (A TALE OF THE HOT DOG TAVERN) by BERTON BRALEY |
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