 | Collected poems of Thomas Hardy |  |
THE ROBIN
When up aloft
I fly and fly,
I see in pools
The shining sky,
And a happy bird
Am I, am I!
I fly and fly,
I see in pools
The shining sky,
And a happy bird
Am I, am I!
When I descend
Towards their brink
I stand, and look,
And stoop, and drink,
And bathe my wings,
And chink and prink.
Towards their brink
I stand, and look,
And stoop, and drink,
And bathe my wings,
And chink and prink.
When winter frost
Makes earth as steel
I search and search
But find no meal,
And most unhappy
Then I feel.
Makes earth as steel
I search and search
But find no meal,
And most unhappy
Then I feel.
But when it lasts,
And snows still fall,
I get to feel
No grief at all,
For I turn to a cold stiff
Feathery ball!
And snows still fall,
I get to feel
No grief at all,
For I turn to a cold stiff
Feathery ball!
| Collected poems of Thomas Hardy | |