Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BIRD EGOTISM, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: A vireo sings in the top of the tree Last Line: "see me! Look at me! See me!" Subject(s): Birds; Vireos | ||||||||
A vireo sings in the top of the tree The whole of the livelong day. He sings: "See me! Look at me! See me!" And that is all he can say. He is well worth looking at, natty and trim In his garments of olive green; He is hard at work on his leafy limb, And he wears the friendliest mien. But he sings: "Here, here! Look at me! Look, look! See me! Look at me! Do, do!" And that is the whole of his wisest book, Declaiming it through and through. I like his grit, and I like his cheer, And surely he's good to see; But I own it is tiresome forever to hear: "See me! Look at me! See me!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BELATED MEMORIAL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIBLE LOVER'S THANKSGIVING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIT OF GOOD WORK by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BOY'S SUPERIORITY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BUILDING SITE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CAPE COD WOOD ROAD by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CERTAIN EDITOR by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CHALLENGE TO WORRY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A CHANCE MEETING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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