Pigeons : : By James Henry ( 1798 – 1876 ) : : : : By what mistake were pigeons made so happy,So plump and fat and sleek and well content,So little with the affairs of others meddling,So little meddled with? say, a collared dog,And hard worked ox, and horse still harder worked,And caged canary,Continue reading “Pigeons : James Henry : : Bird Poems : :”
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To a Skylark : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Bird Poems : :
To a SkylarkBY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYHail to thee, blithe Spirit!Bird thou never wert,That from Heaven, or near it,Pourest thy full heartIn profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higherFrom the earth thou springestLike a cloud of fire;The blue deep thou wingest,And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightningOf theContinue reading “To a Skylark : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Bird Poems : :”
Song For The Rainy Season : Elizabeth Bishop : : Rain Poems : :
Song For The Rainy Season by Elizabeth Bishop ( 1911 – 1979 )Hidden, oh hiddenin the high fogthe house we live in,beneath the magnetic rock,rain-, rainbow-ridden,where blood-blackbromelias, lichens,owls, and the lintof the waterfalls cling,familiar, unbidden. In a dim ageof waterthe brook sings loudfrom a rib cageof giant fern; vaporclimbs up the thick growtheffortlessly, turns back,holdingContinue reading “Song For The Rainy Season : Elizabeth Bishop : : Rain Poems : :”
See The Sky About To Rain : Neil Young : Lyrics Video (1) : The Byrds : Narrative Video (2) : : Sky Songs : ( 13 ) : :
https://youtu.be/ev1xVfLZvZg [Chorus]See the sky about to rainBroken clouds and rainLocomotive, pull the trainWhistle blowing through my brainSignals curling on an open plainRolling down the track againSee the sky about to rain [Verse 1]Some are bound for happinessSome are bound to glorySome are bound to live with lessWho can tell your story? [Chorus]See the sky aboutContinue reading “See The Sky About To Rain : Neil Young : Lyrics Video (1) : The Byrds : Narrative Video (2) : : Sky Songs : ( 13 ) : :”