BEHOLD, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together laid! On me the chance-discovered sight Gleamed like a vision of delight. I started -- seeming to espy The home and sheltered bed, The Sparrow's dwelling, which, hard by My Father's house, in wet and dry My sister Emmeline and I Together visited. She looked at it and seemed to fear it; Dreading, tho' wishing, to be near it: Such heart was in her, being then A little Prattler among men. The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy: She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JOHN WASSON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER THE BIGLOW PAPERS. 2D SERIES. THE COURTIN' by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL DRINKING SONG (2) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE CHARACTERS: MRS. FENTON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |