Nature

My heart, when first the blackbird sings

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850–1894

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.

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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