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“Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away? The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky Thou still canst find the color of thy wing, The hue of May. Warbler, why speed, thy southern flight? ah, why, Thou, too, whose song first told us of the Spring? Whither away?”

Firsts May Stills Song Sky Color Spring Wings Speed Flight Southern Chill Blast Hue Bluebird

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.”

May Home Eye Lasts Song Sweet Wings Thee His Eyes Sweetest Swans

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.”

Heart Long Song Sweet Wings Spread Golden Thee Dove Tender Hearts Hatching

Book:The Poetical Works of G. H. With a Memoir of the Author, and Notes, by ... R. A. Willmott

Source: The Poetical Works of G. H. With a Memoir of the Author, and Notes, by ... R. A. Willmott

“Fame is a bee It has a song - It has a sting - Ah, too, it has a wing.”

Song Fame Wings Idols Bees Emily

Book:The Poems of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson

“I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things,If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light,As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night.”

Ifs Should Heart Body Light Night Song Fall Stars Hours Loneliness Broken Goes On Tired Wings Winter Glad Lovely If I Could Ache Thirsty Unchanging Winter Night Broken Wings

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues.”

Heart Has Beens Soul Song Passion Music Virtue Bird Wings Affection Flight

Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

“How sweet the harmonies of the afternoon! The Blackbird sings along the sunny breeze His ancient song of leaves, and summer boon; Rich breath of hayfields streams thro' whispering trees; And birds of morning trim their bustling wings, And listen fondly--while the Blackbird sings.”

Song Morning Rich Tree Sweet Summer Bird Harmony Breaths Wings Ancient Streams Afternoon Breeze Sunny Whispering Boon Blackbirds

Book:Days and Hours

Source: Days and Hours

“Song, like a wing, tears through my breast, my side, And madness chooses out my voice again, Again.”

Poetry Song Sides Voice Tears Poet Madness Wings Breasts

Book:Poems and new poems

Source: Poems and new poems