Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FANCY, by JEAN INGELOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O fancy, if thou flyest, come back anon Last Line: A netted halcyon bird to sing of rest. Subject(s): Birds; Fate; Love; Rest; Destiny | ||||||||
O FANCY, if thou flyest, come back anon, Thy fluttering wings are soft as love's first word. And fragrant as the feathers of that bird, Which feeds upon the budded cinnamon. I ask thee not to work, or sigh -- play on, From nought that was not, was, or is, deterred; The flax that Old Fate spun thy flights have stirred, And waved memorial grass of Marathon. Play, but be gentle, not as on that day I saw thee running down the rims of doom With stars thou hadst been stealing -- while they lay Smothered in light and blue -- clasped to thy breast; Bring rather to me in the firelit room A netted halcyon bird to sing of rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE ECHO AND THE FERRY by JEAN INGELOW GLADYS AND HER ISLAND; AN IMPERFECT TALE WITH DOUBTFUL MORAL by JEAN INGELOW |
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