Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VALENTINE'S DAY, by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! I wish I were a tiny brown bird Last Line: With my tiny life and tiny song just ended at their best. Subject(s): Holidays; Valentine's Day | ||||||||
OH! I wish i were a tiny brown bird from out the south Settled among the alder-bolts, and twittering by the stream; I would put my tiny tail down, and put up my tiny mouth, And sing my tiny life away in one melodious dream. I would sing about the blossoms, and the sunshine and the sky, And the tiny wife I mean to have in such a cozy nest; And if some one came and shot me dead, why then I could but die, With my tiny life and tiny song just ended at their best. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER; THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS by CHARLES KINGSLEY AIRLY BEACON by CHARLES KINGSLEY DOLCINO TO MARGARET by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE INVITATION (TO TOM HUGHES) by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE LAST BUCCANEER by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE SANDS OF DEE by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE THREE FISHERS by CHARLES KINGSLEY A NEW FOREST BALLAD by CHARLES KINGSLEY |
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