GENTLE Swallow, thou we know Every year dost come and go, In the Spring thy nest thou mak'st; In the Winter it forsak'st, And divert'st thy self awhile Near the Memphian Towers, or Nile; But Love in my suff'ring breast Builds, and never quits his nest; First one Love's hatcht; when that flies, In the shell another lies; Then a third is half expos'd; Then a whole brood is disclos'd, Which for meat still peeping cry, Whilst the others that can fly Do their callow brethren feed, And grown up, they young ones breed. What then will become of me, Bound to pain incessantly, Whilst so many Loves conspire On my heart by turns to tire? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WAY OF THE CONVENTICLE OF THE TREES by HAYDEN CARRUTH HOPE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CELSUS AT HADRIAN'S VILLA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS MEMOIR OF A PROUD BOY by CARL SANDBURG TO A LADY WHO HAD OFFERED HIM A WREATH OF LAUREL by GEORGE SANTAYANA TO THE SHADE OF PO CHU-I by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS OF DISTRESS BEING HUMILIATED BY THE CLASSICAL CHINESE POETS by HAYDEN CARRUTH |