Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLUE-BIRD, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath yon larkspur's azure bells Last Line: The bird's transfigured in the flower. Subject(s): Birds; Bluebirds | ||||||||
Beneath yon Larkspur's azure bells That sun their bees in balmy air In mould no more the Blue-Bird dwells Tho' late he found interment there. All stiff he lay beneath the Fir When shrill the March piped overhead, And Pity gave him sepulchre Within the Garden's sheltered bed. And soft she sighed -- Too soon he came; On wings of hope he met the knell; His heavenly tint the dust shall tame; Ah, some misgiving had been well. But, look, the clear etherial hue In June it makes the Larkspur's dower; It is the self-same welkin-blue -- The Bird's transfigured in the Flower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST WORD OF A BLUEBIRD; AS TOLD TO A CHILD by ROBERT FROST THE FIRST BLUEBIRD by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE BLUEBIRD by WILLIAM P. ALEXANDER THE BLUE BIRD by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA ADVICE TO A BLUE-BIRD by MAXWELL BODENHEIM L'OISEAU BLEU (AFTER CHARLES CONDER) by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE BLUEBIRD by JOHN BURROUGHS THE BLUEBIRD by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE BLUE BIRD by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN FORMERLY A SLAVE' (AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT, BY E. VEDDER) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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