Arts & Sciences
On a Lady Singing
From Poems (1922)
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She bade us listen to the singing lark
In tones far sweeter than its own:
For fear that she should cease and leave us dark
We built the bird a feignèd throne,
Shrined in her gracious glory-giving ways
From sceptred hands of starred humility—
Praising herself the more in giving praise
To music less than she.
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Codex Note
Eight lines in which listeners built the lark a 'feignèd throne' because a lady sang better than the bird, praising herself the more in giving it praise.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rosenberg, Isaac. “On a Lady Singing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/29/.
Chicago
Rosenberg, Isaac. “On a Lady Singing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rosenberg/29/.
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