I NEVER knew you save as all men know Twitter of mating birds, flutter of wings In April coverts, and the streams that flow— One of the happy voices of our Springs. A voice for ever stilled, a memory, Since you went eastward with the fighting ships, A hero of the great new Odyssey, And God has laid His finger on your lips. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTHER NATURE by EMILY DICKINSON HOW WE BEAT THE FAVOURITE by ADAM LINDSAY GORDON TO HAFIZ by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE CAUTIOUS HOUSEHOLDER by ANAXILAS THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE DEATH OF HUSKISSON by T. BAKER A SONG OF THE WESTERN EDEN by HOPE S. BARBER |