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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A CROW, by ROBERT BURNS WILSON Poet's Biography First Line: Bold, amiable, ebon outlaw, grave and wise! Last Line: And her wide lap shall still provide for thee. | |||
BOLD, amiable, ebon outlaw, grave and wise! For many a good green year hast thou withstood -- By dangerous, planted field and haunted wood -- All the devices of thine enemies, Gleaning thy grudged bread with watchful eyes And self-relying soul. come ill or good, Blithe days thou see'st, thou feathered Robin Hood! Thou mak'st a jest of farm-land boundaries. Take all thou may'st, and never count it crime To rob the greatest robber of the earth, Weak-visioned, dull, self-lauding man, whose worth Is in his own esteem. Bide thou thy time; Thou know'st far more of Nature's lore than he, And her wide lap shall still provide for thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEAD PLAYER by ROBERT BURNS WILSON THE SUNRISE OF THE POOR by ROBERT BURNS WILSON INEVITABLY (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A RONDEAU OF REGRETS by HENRI BAUDE THE HUNTER AND THE MILKMAID by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER THE LAST NIGHT by GORDON BOTTOMLEY GOD'S ANSWER TO A GRIEVING MOTHER by HARRIET PARKER CAMDEN |
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