Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIRDS COME BACK, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The birds come back to their last year's nest Last Line: "she never will come again." Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
THE birds come back to their last year's nest, And the wild-rose nods in the lane; And gold in the east, and red in the west, The sun bestirs him again. The thief-bee rifles the hawthorn flower; And the breezes softly sigh For the columbine in my lady's bower, And then at her feet they die. And all the pomp of the June is here -- The mirth and passion and song; And young is the summer, and life is dear, And the day is never too long. Ah! birds come back to their last year's nest, And the wild-rose laughs in the lane; But I turn to the east and I turn to the west -- "She never will come again." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER GLIMPSES OF THE BIRDS by JOHN HOLLANDER AUDUBON EXAMINES A BITTERN by ANDREW HUDGINS DISPATCHES FROM DEVEREUX SLOUGH by MARK JARMAN A COUNTRY LIFE by RANDALL JARRELL CANADIAN WARBLER by GALWAY KINNELL YELLOW BIRD by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE CRIPPLE by KARLE WILSON BAKER A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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