Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SICK MAN AND THE NIGHTINGALE, by AMY LEVY Poet's Biography First Line: So late, and yet a nightingale? Last Line: To me one greeting more ? Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales | ||||||||
SO late, and yet a nightingale ? Long since have dropp'd the blossoms pale, The summer fields are ripening, And yet a sound of spring ? O tell me, didst thou come to hear, Sweet Spring, that I should die this year ; And call'st across from the far shore To me one greeting more ? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY THE NIGHTINGALE IN BADELUNDA by TOMAS TRANSTROMER THE NIGHTINGALE by PAUL VERLAINE ODE, FR. THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by RICHARD BARNFIELD NIGHTINGALES by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES BIANCA AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE NIGHTINGALE; A CONVERSATION POEM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A LONDON PLANE-TREE by AMY LEVY EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY |
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