To a Sparrow : : By Francisco Ledwidge : : : : To a Sparrow Because you have no fear to mingleWings with those of greater part,So like me, with song I single Your sweet impudence of heart. And when prouder feathers go whereSummer holds her leafy show,You still come to us from nowhereLike grey leaves acrossContinue reading “To A Sparrow : Francis Ledwidge : : Sparrow Poems : :”
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Shelley’s Skylark : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : :
Shelley’s Skylark : : By Thomas Hardy ( 1840 – 1928 ) : : : : ………………………………………………: : Somewhere afield here something liesIn Earth’s oblivious eyeless trustThat moved a poet to prophecies –A pinch of unseen, unguarded dust The dust of the lark that Shelley heard,And made immortal through times to be; –Though it onlyContinue reading “Shelley’s Skylark : Thomas Hardy : : Bird Poems : :”