Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SPRINGTIME WISH, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: O, to be a robin Last Line: Through the spring. Subject(s): Birds; Robins; Spring | ||||||||
O, TO be a robin In the Spring! When the fleeting days of April Are a-wing, And the air is sweet with knowing Where the hidden buds are growing, And the merry winds are going Wandering! O, to be a robin With a nest Built upon the budding branches East or West! Just to swing and sway and dangle, Far from earth and all its tangle, Joining in the gay bird-jangle, With a zest! O, to be a robin Just to sing! Not to have the pain of hating Anything Just to race the foremost swallow Over hill and over hollow And the joy of life to follow Through the Spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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