Nature
Vespers
From Lyrical
Nature
O blackbird, what a boy you are!
How you do go it!
Blowing your bugle to that one sweet star —
How you do blow it!
And does she hear you, blackbird boy, so far?
Or is it wasted breath?
" Good Lord! she is so bright
To-night! "
The blackbird saith.
Cite this poem
MLA
Brown, Thomas Edward. “Vespers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/82/.
Chicago
Brown, Thomas Edward. “Vespers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/82/.
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