Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO NIGHTINGALES, OR COMPENSATION; NIGHT OF 31ST OF MAY, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Long time I waited for the nightingale Last Line: And tuneless night exchanged for choral morn. Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales | ||||||||
Long time I waited for the nightingale, Befooled by that dumb coppice; till the dove And finch descried me watching in the grove, Poor client of the darkness, worn and pale: But oh! how often is our frustrate hope Exchanged by Heaven for unexpected mirth! Though baulked and sleepless, yet I could not mope 'Mid the full matins of the awakened earth; Bold chanticleer, alighting from his perch, 'The night birds play thee false', he said - and crowed; 'Welcome to truth and day!' The lark uprode And carolled. Thus, amid my weary search For song in bowers of silence, June was born, And tuneless night exchanged for choral morn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY THE NIGHTINGALE IN BADELUNDA by TOMAS TRANSTROMER THE NIGHTINGALE by PAUL VERLAINE ODE, FR. THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by RICHARD BARNFIELD NIGHTINGALES by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES BIANCA AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE NIGHTINGALE; A CONVERSATION POEM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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