Eagle, Tyrolean eagle, Why are thy plumes so red? "In part because I rest On Ortler's lordly crest; There share I with the snow The sunset's crimson glow." Eagle, Tyrolean eagle, Why are thy plumes so red? "From drinking of the wine Of Etschland's peerless vine; Its juice so redly shines, That it incarnadines." Eagle, Tyrolean eagle, Why are thy plumes so red? "My plumage hath been dyed In blood my foes supplied; Oft on my breast hath lain That deeply purple stain." Eagle, Tyrolean eagle, Why are thy plumes so red? "From suns that fiercely shine, From draughts of ruddy wine, From blood my foes have shed, -- From these am I so red." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRDS DO THUS by ROBERT FROST THE FRUIT GARDEN PATH by AMY LOWELL THE AWAKENING RIVER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: OAKS TUTT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WALT WHITMAN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON KATHMANDU GUEST HOUSE by KAREN SWENSON SURFACE AND STRUCTURE: BONAVENTURE HOTEL, LOS ANGELES by KAREN SWENSON |