Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENCE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE First Line: The mock-bird sings in the dusky morn Last Line: And know love broods in your home-nest too. Subject(s): Birds; Longing; Love; Mockingbirds | ||||||||
The mock-bird sings in the dusky morn With a cadence sad and a song forlorn; Yet his soul is glad, for he know that love Broods fondly in a nest above. So I, though lone because removed So far to-night from my own beloved, Thrill with delight, for I think of you, And know love broods in your home-nest too. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO OUR MOCKING-BIRD; DIED OF A CAT, MAY, 1878 by SIDNEY LANIER MOCKING BIRDS by KENNETH REXROTH MOCKINGBIRD MONTH by MONA VAN DUYN PATRIOTIC TOUR AND POSTULATE OF JOY by ROBERT PENN WARREN THE MOCKING BIRD by SIDNEY LANIER THE MOCKING-BIRD by FRANK LEBBY STANTON TO THE MOCKINGBIRD by RICHARD HENRY WILDE A BACHELOR'S VALENTINE by RAY CLARKE ROSE |
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