Four in the Morning Courage
The birds this morning wakened me so early it was hardly day:
Ten sparrows in the lilac tree, a blackbird in the may,
A starling somewhere in the mews, a songthrush on a broken hat
Down in the yard the grocers use, all cried: " Beware; Beware! The Cat! "
I've never had the heart to rhyme, this year; I've always wakened sad
And late, if might be, so the time would be more short — but I was glad
With a mad gladness in to-day that is the longest day in June.
( That blackbird's nesting in the may .) For only yesterday at noon
In the long grass of Holland Park, I think — I think — I heard a lark. . .
I heard your voice: I saw your face once more . . .
( Upon that packing case
The starling waked me ere the day aping the thrush's sober tune).
Ten sparrows in the lilac tree, a blackbird in the may,
A starling somewhere in the mews, a songthrush on a broken hat
Down in the yard the grocers use, all cried: " Beware; Beware! The Cat! "
I've never had the heart to rhyme, this year; I've always wakened sad
And late, if might be, so the time would be more short — but I was glad
With a mad gladness in to-day that is the longest day in June.
( That blackbird's nesting in the may .) For only yesterday at noon
In the long grass of Holland Park, I think — I think — I heard a lark. . .
I heard your voice: I saw your face once more . . .
( Upon that packing case
The starling waked me ere the day aping the thrush's sober tune).
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