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LIKE SOUTHERN BIRDS by ELIZABETH LUMMIS FRIES ELLETT

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIKE SOUTHERN BIRDS, WHOSE WINGS OF LIGHT
Last Line: LIGHTS, WHILE IT SPURNS, THE WORLD BELOW.
Subject(s): BIRDS;
LIKE southern birds, whose wings of light
Are cold and hueless while at rest --
But spread to soar in upward flight,
Appear in glorious plumage drest;

The poet's soul -- while darkly close
Its pinions, bids no passion glow;
But roused at length from dull repose,
Lights, while it spurns, the world below.



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