Famous Bird Poems
Singing birds, scary birds, free or caged… birds have inspired poets for centuries
Singing birds, scary birds, free or caged… birds have inspired poets for centuries
We know what Coleridge looked like in the eyes of his contemporaries from the description written by Thomas De Quincey…
“It is an ancient Mariner, and he stoppeth one of three….”
“The Sun now rose upon the right: out of the sea came he…”
“There passed a weary time. Each throat was parched, and glazed each eye…”
“I fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand!…”
“Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole!…”
“But tell me, tell me! speak again, thy soft response renewing—”
“This Hermit good lives in that wood which slopes down to the sea.”
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