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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLAW, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poet's Biography
First Line: To give me its bright plumes, they shot a jay
Last Line: The universe, so whole within my mind
Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper)
Subject(s): Birds
First Line: To give me its bright plumes, they shot a jay
Last Line: The universe, so whole within my mind
Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper)
Subject(s): Birds
To give me its bright plumes they shot ajay:
On the fresh jewels, blood! Oh, sharp remorsel
The glittering symbols of the little corse
I buried where the wood was noisome, blind,
Praying that I might nevermore betray
The universe, so whole within my mind.
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