Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROBIN, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: All day and every day Last Line: To all who pass. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Birds; Robins | ||||||||
ALL day and every day, Upon a hawthorn spray, Early and late, A redbreast robin sings, And flirts his nut-brown wings, Beside my gate. A hawk hangs in the sky, A weasel low doth spy From out the grass, This bird that had no care Pipes sweet his happy prayer To all who pass. All night and every night, He, hidden from our sight, Awaits the morn; The seeking owl swoops low, The evil rat doth go Beneath the thorn. But redbreast robin sings, Flirting his nut-brown wings, When dawn is here. Upon a hawthorn spray He sings of holiday, And hath no fear. All day and every day I seek his prayer to say And understand, Because the hawk that flies, The stoat who hides and spies, Leave me unmanned. And in the dark of night The owl in silent flight Will swoop and dart, The evil rat doth creep When comes reluctant sleep, To tear my heart. But redbreast robin sings, And shakes his dew-wet wings, Nor sighs, 'Alas.' This bird that had no care Pipes forth his happy prayer To all who pass. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ROBIN IN JANUARY by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING OWL AGAINST ROBIN by SIDNEY LANIER HUMAN, AVIAN, VEGETABLE, BLOOD by KENNETH REXROTH THE BROWN VEST by BARBARA GUEST A ROBIN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ROBIN REDBREAST by GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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