When I had thought my end was near, And I must soon prepare to die – 'Be quick! Be quick!' the Mavis called, And 'Haw, Haw, Haw!' the Rooks did cry. What bird, with even greater scorn, Has come so quickly following after? Is this the Chaffinch – how his voice Reproves me with its wholesome laughter! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HER MERRIMENT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES TO MY EXCELLENT LUCASIA, ON OUR FRIENDSHIP. 17TH JULY 1651 by KATHERINE PHILIPS SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR LADY CLARA VERE DE VERE by ALFRED TENNYSON THE FLIGHT OF THE WAR-EAGLE by OBADIAH CYRUS AURINGER THREE THINGS by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER ANYWHERE OUT OF THE WORLD by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |