NO brigadier throughout the year So civic as the Jay. A neighbor and a warrior too, With shrill felicity Pursuing winds that censure us A February day, The brother of the universe Was never blown away. The snow and he are intimate; I've often seen them play When heaven looked upon us all With such severity, I felt apology were due To an insulted sky, Whose pompous frown was nutriment To their temerity. The pillow of this daring head Is pungent evergreens; His larder -- terse and militant -- Unknown, refreshing things; His character a tonic, His future a dispute; Unfair an immortality That leaves this neighbor out. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARIANNE MOORE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS TO THE FAIR CLARINDA, WHO MADE LOVE TO ME by APHRA BEHN THE CHAPERON by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER TO SIR HENRY GOODYERE by BEN JONSON TO MY MOTHER by EDGAR ALLAN POE PATROLING BARNEGAT by WALT WHITMAN |