The Meadow Lark
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
THOUGH the winds be dank,
And the sky be sober,
And the grieving Day
In a mantle gray
Hath let her waiting maiden robe her, —
All the fields along
I can hear the song
Of the meadow lark,
As she flits and flutters,
And laughs at the thunder when it mutters.
O happy bird, of heart most gay
To sing when skies are gray!
When the clouds are full,
And the tempest master
Lets the loud winds sweep
From his bosom deep
Like heralds of some dire disaster,
Then the heart alone
To itself makes moan;
And the songs come slow,
While the tears fall fleeter,
And silence than song by far seems sweeter.
Oh, few are they along the way
Who sing when skies are gray!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 130 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
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