Man is a bird: He rises on fine wings Into the Heaven's clear light; He flies away and sings -- There's music in his flight. Man is a bird: In swiftest speed he burns, With twist and dive and leap; A bird whose sudden turns Can drive the frightened sheep. Man is a bird: Over the mountain high, Whose head is in the skies, Cut from its shoulder by A cloud -- the bird-man flies. Man is a bird: Eagles from mountain crag Swooped down to prove his worth; But @3now@1 they @3rise@1 to drag Him down from Heaven to earth! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOLY POEMS: 3 by GEORGE BARKER THE COMING AMERICAN by SAM WALTER FOSS A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 27 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE HIGH-PRIEST TO ALEXANDER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE BOUNDARIES OF APPRECIATION by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 3. THE VOLUNTARY PRISONER by PHILIP AYRES |