The Bird-Man

The Bird-Man written by William Henry Davies

From "Foliage", 1913

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Man is a bird:
  He rises on fine wings
Into the Heaven's clear light;
  He flies away and sings—
There's music in his flight.

Man is a bird:
  In swiftest speed he burns,
With twist and dive and leap;
  A bird whose sudden turns
Can drive the frightened sheep.

Man is a bird:
  Over the mountain high,
Whose head is in the skies,
  Cut from its shoulder by
A cloud—the bird-man flies.

Man is a bird:
  Eagles from mountain crag
Swooped down to prove his worth;
  But now they rise to drag
Him down from Heaven to earth!

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