Classic and Contemporary Poetry

QUAIL AND THRUSH, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: The quail's staccato call from out the wood
Last Line: Blent in with memories, borne on last year's wind.
Subject(s): Birds; Forests; Memory; Thrushes; Woods

THE quail's staccato call from out the wood
Comes clear unto mine ear;
But in the thrush's note is mistihood, --
You seem you hear
His message only with the brooding mind,
Blent in with memories, borne on last year's wind.