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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BURIAL OF THE LINNET, by JULIANA HORATIA GATTY EWING First Line: Found in the garden dead in his beauty Last Line: Muffle the dinner-bell, mournfully ring. Subject(s): Death - Animals; Linnets | |||
FOUND in the garden dead in his beauty— Oh that a linnet should die in the spring! Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty, Muffle the dinner-bell, solemnly ring. Bury him kindly, up in the corner; Bird, beast, and goldfish are sepulchred there. Bid the black kitten march as chief mourner, Waving her tail like a plume in the air. Bury him nobly—next to the donkey; Fetch the old banner, and wave it about; Bury him deeply—think of the monkey, Shallow his grave, and the dogs get him out. Bury him softly—white wool around him, Kiss his poor feathers—the first kiss and last; Tell his poor widow kind friends have found him: Plant his poor grave with whatever grows fast. Farewell, sweet singer! dead in thy beauty, Silent through summer, though other birds sing. Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty, Muffle the dinner-bell, mournfully ring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LINNET by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE WITH THE LINNETS by CORA RANDALL FABBRI SONG: HEATHER LINTIE by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL THE LINNET by JAMES HEDDERWICK ON THE DEATH OF A LINNET by GEORGE KEATE TO A LINNET IN A CAGE by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE SIR WALTER RALEIGH TO A CAGED LINNET by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON THE LINNET; A FABLE by HELEN LEIGH THE LINNET'S PETITION by MARY DARBY ROBINSON DOLLY'S LULLABY by JULIANA HORATIA GATTY EWING |
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