The Bird and the Ship

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Track #268 On The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The Bird and the Ship by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Bird and the Ship Annotated

&nbsp "The rivers rush into the sea,
&nbsp By castle and town they go;
The winds behind them merrily
&nbsp Their noisy trumpets blow.

&nbsp "The clouds are passing far and high,
&nbsp We little birds in them play;
And everything, that can sing and fly,
&nbsp Goes with us, and far away.

&nbsp "I greet thee, bonny boat! Whither,
&nbsp &nbsp or whence,
&nbsp With thy fluttering golden band?"—
&nbsp "I greet thee, little bird! To the wide sea
&nbsp I haste from the narrow land.

&nbsp "Full and swollen is every sail;
&nbsp I see no longer a hill,
I have trusted all to the sounding gale,
&nbsp And it will not let me stand still.

&nbsp "And wilt thou, little bird, go with us?
&nbsp Thou mayest stand on the mainmast tall,
For full to sinking is my house
&nbsp With merry companions all."—

&nbsp "I need not and seek not company,
&nbsp Bonny boat, I can sing all alone;
For the mainmast tall too heavy am I,
&nbsp Bonny boat, I have wings of my own.

"High over the sails, high over the mast,
&nbsp Who shall gainsay these joys?
When thy merry companions are still, at last,
&nbsp Thou shalt hear the sound of my voice.

&nbsp "Who neither may rest, nor listen may,
&nbsp God bless them every one!
I dart away, in the bright blue day,
&nbsp And the golden fields of the sun.

"Thus do I sing my merry song,
&nbsp Wherever the four winds blow;
And this same song, my whole life long,
&nbsp Neither Poet nor Printer may know.'

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