Never, no never, listen too long, To the chattering wind in the willows, the night bird's song. 'Tis sad in sooth to lie under the grass, But none too gladsome to wake and grow cold where life's shadows pass. Dumb the old Toll-Woman squats, And, for every green copper battered and worn, doles out Nevers and Nots. I know a Blind Man, too, Who with a sharp ear listens and listens the whole world through. Oh, sit we snug to our feast, With platter and finger and spoon -- and good victuals at least. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPEAKIN' O' CHRISTMAS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE THREE ENEMIES by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONG: 2 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD NATURE DISPLAYED by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A WOMAN'S SONNETS: 5 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |