Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO A BIRD MASQUE: EPILOGUE, by PERCY MACKAYE Poet's Biography First Line: Gentles, if you have followed me Last Line: And tacita her dreams! our masque is done. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Robins; Wings | ||||||||
Gentles, if you have followed me, Now is no need to say goodbye; For we shall meet in revery Wherever glad birds sing and fly Wherever sad birds bleed and dumbly die. Oh, where they mount on wings and song 'Tis we who mount there you and I; And where they fall and suffer wrong 'Tis we who perish you and I: Our own is Ornis' pain or ecstasy. So, at fresh rise and set of sun, May ornis bring her joy to you, each one, And Tacita her dreams! Our masque is done. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ESTATE SALE: THE SCRABBLE GAME OF A DEAD WOMAN by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE FREED FROM ANOTHER CONTEXT by ELEANOR WILNER THE BIRD IN THE LAUREL'S SONG by ELEANOR WILNER THE LITERAL = THE ABSTRACT: A DEMONSTRATION by ELEANOR WILNER A CHILD AT THE WICKET by PERCY MACKAYE |
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