Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HUMA, by SARAH LOUISA P. SMITH First Line: Fly on! Nor touch thy wing, bright bird Last Line: "where the fount of ""living waters"" springs." Subject(s): Birds | ||||||||
FLY on! nor touch thy wing, bright bird, Too near our shaded earth, Or the warbling, now so sweetly heard, May lose its note of mirth. Fly on -- nor seek a place of rest In the home of "care-worn things;" 'T would dim the light of thy shining crest And thy brightly burnish'd wings, To dip them where the waters glide That flow from a troubled earthly tide. The fields of upper air are thine, Thy place where stars shine free: I would thy home, bright one, were mine Above life's stormy sea. I would never wander, bird, like thee, So near this place again, With wing and spirit once light and free -- They should wear no more the chain With which they are bound and fetter'd here, For ever struggling for skies more clear. There are many things like thee, bright bird, Hopes as thy plumage gay; Our air is with them for ever stirr'd, But still in air they stay. And happiness, like thee, fair one, Is ever hovering o'er, But rests in a land of brighter sun, On a waveless, peaceful shore, And stoops to lave her weary wings, Where the fount of "living waters" springs. | 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 I WOULD NEVER KNEEL by SARAH LOUISA P. SMITH |
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