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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOCKING-BIRD IN THE CITY, by CAROLINE GILMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Bird of the south! Is this a scene to waken Last Line: Sigh 'mid the crowd. | |||
BIRD of the south! is this a scene to waken Thy native notes in thrilling, gushing tone? Thy woodland nest of love is all forsaken -- Thy mate alone! While stranger-throngs roll by, thy song is lending Joy to the happy, soothings to the sad; O'er my full heart it flows with gentle blending, And I am glad. And I will sing, though dear ones, loved and loving, Are left afar in my sweet nest of home; Though from that nest, with backward yearnings moving, Onward I roam! And with heart-music shall my feeble aiding Still swell the note of human joy aloud; Nor, with untrusting soul, kind Heaven upbraiding, Sigh 'mid the crowd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHILD'S WISH IN JUNE by CAROLINE GILMAN VOLUPTAS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL ON A YOUNG LADY'S SIXTH ANNIVERSARY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOYAGE A L'INFINI by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG THE INDIAN EMPEROR: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A BANJO SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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