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ON A LADY SINGING by ISAAC ROSENBERG

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE BADE US LISTEN TO THE SINGING LARK
Last Line: TO MUSIC LESS THAN SHE.
Subject(s): OLD AGEL
She bade us listen to the singing lark
In tones far sweeter than its own:
For fear that she should cease and leave us dark
We built the bird a feigned throne,
Shrined in her gracious glory-giving ways
From sceptred hands of starred humility --
Praising herself the more in giving praise
To music less than she.




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