Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BIRDS OF PARADISE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Golden-winged, silver-winged Last Line: The paradise of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Paradise: In A Symbol Subject(s): Birds; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Singing & Singers; Paradise | ||||||||
Golden-winged, silver-winged, Winged with flashing flame, Such a flight of birds I saw, Birds without a name: Singing songs in their own tongue (Song of songs) they came. One to another calling, Each answering each, One to another calling In their proper speech: High above my head they wheeled, Far out of reach. On wings of flame they went and came With a cadenced clang, Their silver wings tinkled, their golden wings rang, The wind it whistled thro' their wings Where in heaven they sang. They flashed and they darted Awhile before mine eyes, Mounting mounting mounting still In haste to scale the skies, Birds without a nest on earth, Birds of Paradise. Where the moon riseth not Nor sun seeks the west, There to sing their glory Which they sing at rest, There to sing their love-song When they sing their best: Not in any garden That mortal foot hath trod, Not in any flowering tree That springs from earthly sod, But in the garden where they dwell The Paradise of God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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