Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WHIP-POOR-WILL, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: From yonder wooded hill Last Line: The legend thou hast heard! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Birds; Whipporwills | ||||||||
From yonder wooded hill I hear the whip-poor-will, Whose mate or wandering echo answers him Athwart the lowlands dim. He calls not through the day; But when the shadows gray Across the sunset draw their lengthening veil, He tells his twilight tale. What unforgotten wrong Haunts the ill-omened song? What scourge of fate has left its loathed mark Upon the cringing dark? "Whip! Whip-poor-will!" O sobbing voice, be still! Tell not again, O melancholy bird, The legend thou hast heard! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WHIPPOORWILL IN THE WOODS by AMY CLAMPITT PRICELESS GIFTS by OLIVE MAY COOK THE WHIPPOORWILL'S SONG by ELIZABETH COX GILLILAND AT THE TOUCH OF A BIRD by LILLIAN IONE OLSEN SONGS TO A.H.R.: 10. ASSUAGEMENT by CALE YOUNG RICE TO ANNIE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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