The Mocking Bird – MADHU MALTI

The Mocking Bird : Edwin B McElfatrick : : Bird Poems : :

The Mockingbird : : by Edwin B. McElfatrick ▼ You hear him in the springtime When radiant sunlight fills The verdant, sweeping valleysAnd the hollows of the hills;On moonlight nights in summerFrom the summit of a tree,He is weaving strains entrancingIn flights of ecstasy.In autumn’s richest splendorWhen the woodland seems afireI have heard him chantingContinue reading “The Mocking Bird : Edwin B McElfatrick : : Bird Poems : :”

The Mocking – Bird : Frank Lebby Stanton : ( 1 ) : : Bird Poems : : Mighty Lak’ a Rose ( Baby / Mommy Song ) ( 2 ) : Frank Sinatra : Frank L. Stanton & Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin ( Composer ) : :

The Mocking-Bird : : by Frank Lebby Stanton ▼ He didn’t know much musicWhen first he come along;An’ all the birds went wonderin’Why he didn’t sing a song.They primped their feathers in the sun,An’ sung their sweetest notes;An’ music jest come on the runFrom all their purty throats!But still that bird was silentIn summer timeContinue reading “The Mocking – Bird : Frank Lebby Stanton : ( 1 ) : : Bird Poems : : Mighty Lak’ a Rose ( Baby / Mommy Song ) ( 2 ) : Frank Sinatra : Frank L. Stanton & Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin ( Composer ) : :”

The Mocking Bird : Sydney Lanier : : Bird Poems : :

THE MOCKING BIRD : : By Sydney Lanier ( 1842 – 1881 ) Superb and sole, upon a pluméd spray⁠That o’er the general leafage boldly grew,⁠He summ’d the woods with song; or typic drewThe swoop of hungry hawks, the lone dismayOf languid doves when long their lovers stray,⁠And all birds’ passion-plays that sprinkle dew⁠At mornContinue reading “The Mocking Bird : Sydney Lanier : : Bird Poems : :”

The Mocking – Bird: William Henry Timrod : : Bird Poems : :

The Mocking-Bird : : by William Henry Timrod ▼ Nor did lackSweet music to the magic of the scene:The little crimson-breasted NonpareilWas there, his tiny feet scarce bending downThe silken tendril that he lighted onTo pour his love notes; and in russet coat,Most homely, like true genius bursting forthIn spite of adverse fortune, a fullContinue reading “The Mocking – Bird: William Henry Timrod : : Bird Poems : :”