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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE NIGHTINGALE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography
First Line: O honey-throated warbler of the grove?
Last Line: That sorrow is a part of what they mean!
Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales
First Line: O honey-throated warbler of the grove?
Last Line: That sorrow is a part of what they mean!
Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales
O honey-throated warbler of the grove!
That in the glooming woodland art so proud
Of answering thy sweet mates in soft or loud,
Thou dost not own a note we do not love;
The moon is o'er thee, laying out the lawn
In mighty shadows - but the western skies
Are kept awake, to see the sun arise,
Though earth and heaven would fain put back the dawn!
While, wandering for the dreams such seasons give,
With lonely steps, and many a pause between,
The lover listens to thy songs unseen;
And if, at times, the pure notes seem to grieve,
Why lo! he weeps himself, and must believe
That sorrow is a part of what they mean!
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