I SAW a bird alone, In its nest it sat alone, For its mate was dead or flown Though it was early Spring. Hard by were buds half-blown. With cornfields freshlv sown: It could only perch and moan That used to sing: Droop in sorrow left alone: A sad sad thing. I saw a star alone, In blue heaven it hung alone^ A solitary throne In the waste of space: Where no moon-glories are, Where not a second star Beams through night from near or far To that lone place. Its beauties all unknown, Its glories all alone, Sad in heaven's face. Doth the bird desire a mate, Pine for a second mate. Whose first joy was so great With its own dove? Doth the star supreme in night Desire a second light To make it seem less bright In the shrine of heavenly height That is above? ''" Ah better wait alone. In nest or heaven alone. Forsaken or unknown: Till, time being past and gone. Full eternity rolls on, While patience reaps what it has sown In the harvest-land of love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAND MCNALLY ATLAS by KAREN SWENSON FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN KEATS' DEATH by SARA TEASDALE FARE WELL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE VAMPIRE by RUDYARD KIPLING TO A SHADE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |