THE birds this morning wakened me so early it was hardly day: Ten sparrows in the lilac tree, a blackbird in the may, A starling somewhere in the mews, a songthrush on a broken hat Down in the yard the grocers use, all cried: "Beware; Beware! The Cat!" I've never had the heart to rhyme, this year: I've always wakened sad And late, if might be, so the time would be more short—but I was glad With a mad gladness in to-day that is the longest day in June. (@3That blackbird's nesting in the may.@1) For only yesterday at noon In the long grass of Holland Park, I think—I think—I heard a lark... I heard your voice: I saw your face once more ... (@3Upon that packing case The starling waked me ere the day aping the thrush's sober tune@1). | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE SUPLIANTS: IO. CHORUS by AESCHYLUS TO ADOLPHE GAIFFE by THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE SIR RUPERT THE FEARLESS; A LEGEND OF GERMANY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM PSALM 2 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |