Nature
My heart, when first the blackbird sings
From New Poems (1918)
Nature
MY heart, when first the blackbird sings,
My heart drinks in the song:
Cool pleasure fills my bosom through
And spreads each nerve along.
My bosom eddies quietly,
My heart is stirred and cool
As when a wind-moved briar sweeps
A stone into a pool
But unto thee, when thee I meet,
My pulses thicken fast,
As when the maddened lake grows black
And ruffles in the blast.
Cite this poem
MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “My heart, when first the blackbird sings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/155/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “My heart, when first the blackbird sings.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/155/.
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