Nature

Second Song: To the Same

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809–1892

From Poems (1843)

Nature

Thy tuwhits are lull'd I wot,
Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,
Which upon the dark afloat,
So took echo with delight,
So took echo with delight,
That her voice untuneful grown,
Wears all day a fainter tone.

I would mock thy chaunt anew;
But I cannot mimick it;
Not a whit of thy tuwhoo,
Thee to woo to thy tuwhit,
Thee to woo to thy tuwhit,
With a lengthen'd loud halloo,
Tuwhoo, tuwhit, tuwhit, tuwhoo-o-o.

MLA

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Second Song: To the Same.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/270/.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Second Song: To the Same.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/270/.

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