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The Bird-Man
From Foliage (1913)
Man is a bird:
He rises on fine wings
Into the Heaven's clear light;
He flies away and sings--
There's music in his flight.
Man is a bird:
In swiftest speed he burns,
With twist and dive and leap;
A bird whose sudden turns
Can drive the frightened sheep.
Man is a bird:
Over the mountain high,
Whose head is in the skies,
Cut from its shoulder by
A cloud--the bird-man flies.
Man is a bird:
Eagles from mountain crag
Swooped down to prove his worth;
But now they rise to drag
Him down from Heaven to earth!
Codex Note
Four stanzas, each beginning 'Man is a bird', on the aeroplane: he rises on fine wings into Heaven's light, flies over mountains, and is met by eagles, who 'rise to drag him down from Heaven to earth'.
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MLA
Davies, W. H. “The Bird-Man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/15/.
Chicago
Davies, W. H. “The Bird-Man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/15/.
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