The Oriole : : By Julian E. Johnstone ▼ A flash of light and a whir of wings,A gleam of gold and a blush of red,And adown the gloom like a star it sped;Adown the green and the trees atween,Like a feathery fire it swiftly fled,With an ebon back, and a golden throat,And a palpitant,Continue reading “The Oriole : Julian E Johnstone : : Bird Poems : :”
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The Oriole : Harriette G Pennell : : Bird Poems : :
The Oriole : : By Harriette G. Pennell ▼ Hark, ’tis the oriole’s song,Sweet, worshipful, deep in delight;There’s a spell divine in the radiant voice,Outbreaking from morn till night!O sweet in the flush of dawnComes the golden melody;And for lonely shadows no place is foundIn the message he sings to me!Then the voice like aContinue reading “The Oriole : Harriette G Pennell : : Bird Poems : :”
The Oriole : Arlo Bates : : Bird Poems : :
The Oriole : : By Arlo Bates ▼ Like a live flame wind-wafted from altars celestialFloats the blithe oriole through the bright air;Dropping down as half won by spring’s glories terrestrial.Buoyantly upward swift fleeting to fare.Like the light on a fount’s rippling bosom that glancesWith the wavering pulse of its rhythmical flow,Now he rises, nowContinue reading “The Oriole : Arlo Bates : : Bird Poems : :”
One of the ones that Midas touched , The Oriole : Emily Dickinson : : Bird Poems : :
The OrioleThe OrioleOne of the ones that Midas touched,Who failed to touch us all,Was that confiding prodigal,The blissful oriole.So drunk, he disavows itWith badinage divine;So dazzling, we mistake himFor an alighting mine.A pleader, a dissembler,An epicure, a thief, —Betimes an oratorio,An ecstasy in chief;The Jesuit of orchards,He cheats as he enchantsOf an entire attarFor hisContinue reading “One of the ones that Midas touched , The Oriole : Emily Dickinson : : Bird Poems : :”
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