Arts & Sciences
A Song about Singing
From An American Anthology, 1787–1900 (1900)
Arts & Sciences
O nightingale, the poet's bird,
A kinsman dear thou art,
Who never sings so well as when
The rose-thorns bruise his heart.
But since thy agony can make
A listening world so blest,
Be sure it cares but little for
Thy wounded, bleeding breast!
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Aldrich, Anne Reeve. “A Song about Singing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/aldrich_ar/0/.
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Aldrich, Anne Reeve. “A Song about Singing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/aldrich_ar/0/.
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