Bird Poems

Bird Poems

The End of the Year, by Isaac McLellan

As a life-weary pilgrim sinks to his last repos...

Florida Scenes and Sports, by Isaac McLellan

Here in my Northern home I love to muse,
Fair...

The Flying Fish, by Isaac McLellan

In Indian Ocean, or in seas
That dash their b...

Giraffe-Hunting in Central Africa, by Isaac McLellan

In far 'Mid-Africa, where woods
Illimitable w...

The Hillside Rivulet, by Isaac McLellan

An Eden haunt, a charming fairy grot,
The an...

The Little Chickadee Warbler of the Winter Woods, by Isaac McLellan

The brown chickadee still chirps on the tree,
...

Long Island in Late October, by Isaac McLellan

October's flaming banners, of purple and of go...

Nature's Invitation, by Isaac McLellan

O'er the fair face of Nature let us muse,
And...

Sea-Gull, by Isaac McLellan

Sea-Bird, skimmer of the waves,
Whither doth...

The Whippoorwill, by Isaac McLellan

When the glory of sunset fades in the skies
As...

Wildcat, by Isaac McLellan

Amid the wildernesses vast
That gird the Missi...

Poetry, by James McIntyre

Poetry to us is given,
As stars beautify the ...

Tiger and Elephant, by James McIntyre

On Ganges banks roams the tiger,
And lion rul...

The Singing Leaves, by James Russell Lowell

“ What fairings will ye that I bring?&rdq...

Fancy, by Jean Ingelow

O Fancy, if thou flyest, come back anon,
Th...

The Nightingale Heard by the Unsatisfied Heart, by Jean Ingelow

When in May-day hush
Chanteth the Missel-thrus...

Sand Martins, by Jean Ingelow

I passed an inland-cliff precipitate;
From ti...

The Battle Flag at Shenandoah, by Joaquin Miller

The tented field wore a wrinkled frown,
And t...

Odin Gets to See It All, by Jody Azzouni

Originally appeared in California Quarterly
Sp...

Kiss IX, by Johannes Secundus

Cease thy sweet, thy balmy Kisses;
Cease thy...

A Tragedy, by John Boyle O'Reilly

A soft-breasted bird from the sea
Fell in love...

Bobolink, by John Burroughs

Daisies, clover, buttercup,
Red-top, trefo...

Hepatica, by John Burroughs

When April's in her genial mood,
And leafy sm...

The Indigo-Bird, by John Burroughs

Oh, late to come but long to sing,
My little...

A March Glee, by John Burroughs

I hear the wild geese honking
From out the mis...