THE lightest air that ever flew Unheard across the summer's blue, The lightest burthen bore on high, That e'er went wingless through the sky. It was a downy feather, shed From some bird's breast while past it fled; A swallow darting on its way, With others and itself at play, Caught in mid air the floating guest, And bore it off to help her nest. That's all, there's nothing more, no moral; But, reader, not for that we'll quarrel. 'Twas something charming to the eye, I cannot tell the how or why; But Nature is so lovely fair, That every hour and every where, The soul some pleasantness can gather, As from the swallow and the feather. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GREEK SONG: 1. THE STORM OF DELPHI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE GARDEN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE ROSE AND THE GAUNTLET by JOHN STERLING (1806-1844) TO THE SOLITUDE OF FONTENAY by GUILLAUME AMFRYE ADMIRAL, HAIL! by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD THE SECOND BROTHER; AN UNFINISHED DRAMA by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES PSALM 2; DONE AUGUST 8, 1653 - TERZETTI by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |