Florida: Essays and Poems
The Mockingbird
by Sidney Lanier
The author is witness to a mockingbird's supper.
The author is witness to a mockingbird's supper.
The blackbirds that were supposed to be baked in a pie for the king began to sing when the pie was opened. They then flew down to snap off the maid’s nose.
"On the wide veranda white,"
"De ol’ time’s gone, de new time’s hyeah"
"Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night,"
The author admires the ocean from Florida's Coast.
"A bee that was searching for sweets one day"
"Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing,"
"A song for the unsung heroes who rose in the country’s need,"
Oh for the breath of the briny deep,
Lamentation for the loss of a loved one.
"De dog go howlin’ ‘long de road,"
"Oh, I have n’t got long to live, for we all"
Come, essay a sprightly measure,
ATTEND my lays, ye ever honour'd nine,
A poem about the speaker as a piper who writes his songs down so that every child may enjoy them.
"My cot was down by a cypress grove,"
"Hurt was the nation with a mighty wound,"
"When summer time has come, and all"
"The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift,"
"When labor is light and the morning is fair,"
Just whistle a bit, if the day be dark,
A poem describing the perils our fathers went through to keep their homeland free.
The poet sees the differences in nature in winter, but still values winter.
"Little brown face full of smiles,"