Visit Of The Wrens : : By Paul Hemilton Hayne ( 1830 – 1886 ) , Southern American Poet : : : : FLYING from out the gusty west,To seek the place where last year’s nest,Ragged, and torn by many a routOf winter winds, still rocks aboutThe branches of the gnarled old treeWhich sweep myContinue reading “Visit Of The Wrens : Paul Hemilton Hayne : : Bird Poems : :”
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The First Mockingbird in Spring : Paul Hamilton Hayne : : Bird Poems : :
The First Mockingbird in Spring : : by Paul Hamilton Hayne ► Winged poet of vernal ethers!Ah! where hast thou lingered long?I have missed thy passionate, skyward flightsAnd the trills of thy changeful song.Hast thou been in the hearts of woodlands old,Half dreaming, and, drowsed by the winter’s cold,Just crooning the ghost of thy springtideContinue reading “The First Mockingbird in Spring : Paul Hamilton Hayne : : Bird Poems : :”