Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TUNEFUL LITTLE BIRD YOU SEE CONFINED, by TOMASSO STIGLIANI Poet's Biography Last Line: Rapture so passing sweet and yet not die Subject(s): Birds; Beauty | ||||||||
The tuneful little bird you see confined Within a narrow cage, for many a day Bewailed his loss and destiny unkind In tones that filled his hearers with dismay. But since he hath good proof of unto how Gentle a tyranny he doth submit, He sings, and in his tiny dwelling now With pretty movements up and down doth flit, Saying in his own language: "Verily, I comprehend how beauty's dawn so fair Sufficeth to keep sorrow far from me, But marvel greatly how it is that I, Feeding from such a lovely hand, can bear Rapture so passing sweet and yet not die!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS MUJER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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