Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLOCKS, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poet's Biography First Line: On a downy feather of the dove, earth, I lie Last Line: And who is the gentle master of the homing birds? Subject(s): Birds; Migration | ||||||||
ON A DOWNY feather of the dove, Earth, I lie: The bird is flying down eternity. Far out, and far under and over, the flocks of stars are flying as in the autumn winds ... Whither are they winging? to what nests in what radiant South? And what echoes of their songs come to me, And who is the gentle master of the homing birds? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...27,000 MILES by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE GREAT MIGRATION by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT TO A WATERFOWL by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS MIGRATION by PINKIE GORDON LANE |
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