Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VACANT CAGE (2), by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: He shall not be cast out like wild-wood things! Last Line: The filming eye, and beak that gasped with pain. Subject(s): Birdcages; Birds | ||||||||
He shall not be cast out like wild-wood things! We will not spurn those delicate remains; No heat shall blanch his plumes, nor soaking rains Shall wash the saffron from his little wings; Nor shall he be inearthed -- but in his cage Stand, with his innocent beauty unimpair'd; And all the skilled'st hand can do, to assuage Poor Dora's grief, by more than Dora shared, Shall here be done. What though these orbs of glass Will feebly represent his merry look Of recognition, when he saw her pass, Or from her palm the melting cherry took -- Yet the artist's kindly craft shall not retain The filming eye, and beak that gasped with pain. | 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 HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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