On Wings of Song: Poems About Birds (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) birds and kids and botanist

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On Wings of Song: Poems About Birds (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) birds and kids and botanistFrom backyard to barnyard, from hawks to hummingbirds, from pelicans to peacocks, from Coleridge's albatross to Keats's nightingale to Poe's raven all manner of feathered beings, the inspiration for poetic flights of fancy through the ages, are gathered together in this delightful volume. Some of the winged treasures: Emily Dickinson on the jay; Gertrude Stein on pigeons; Seamus Heaney on turkeys; Tennyson on the eagle; Spenser on the merry cuckoo;