Sparrow with militant glitter in your eye Gripping the balcony's iron rail without, Though only late I saw you put to rout Scores of contentious rivals, win your high Supremacy with dictatorial claws, And wrest from every emulating rival Vantage that life accords to fit survival, Now in unsated wrath I see you pause, Your gaze turned unappeased in hostile search; In dark uncertainty you seem to glower, Still discontented with your empty power You glance about from your uneasy perch, Seeking unconquered worlds to fight anew, Since none will challenge, none now envy you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW'S MY BOY? by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL FIFTY YEARS (1863-1913) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE FIGHT OF THE ARMSTRONG PRIVATEER by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE A WEATHER PROPHET by JANE BARLOW S. BARTHOLOMEW by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |