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.
"Wen I git up in de mo’nin’ an’ de clouds is big an’ black,"
A short story about a robin who flies north in the springtime, builds a nest for his mate, and migrates south for the winter.
One dignity delays for all
"De ol’ time’s gone, de new time’s hyeah"
The natural beauty of the Tamiami Trail is described.
"Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night,"
The author imagines the life and hardships experienced by the deceased.
Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind
"Thou wouldst be loved?—then let thy heart"
The grass so little has to do, —
Nature and the movement of clouds at dusk ignite the author's imagination.
"Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing,"
The moon cast an eery glow over the landscape of St. Augustine.
"A song for the unsung heroes who rose in the country’s need,"
Tired with all these for restful death I cry
An innocent squirrel accused of stealing nuts is forced down a hole in a tree, where he meets a friendly chipmunk.
Oh for the breath of the briny deep,
I started early, took my dog
Lamentation for the loss of a loved one.
The adventures of the angel fish are imagined.
When my love swears that she is made of truth
Barton Park is a very open and elegant home, and Sir John and his wife are never without a good many guests. Mrs. Jennings and Colonel Brandon are introduced and described.
Were’t aught to me I bore the canopy