The Swallow

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Title:     The Swallow
Author: Laurence Alma-Tadema [More Titles by Alma-Tadema]

O Swallow! if I had your wings
I would not stay below;
I'd leave off catching flies and things
And up to Heaven I'd go.

I'd sail above the tallest tree
That waves its arms on high;
Beyond the furthest cloud we see,
And deeper than the sky.

Perhaps, when live birds find the way,
They're all sent down again,
And that is why you dive to-day
For insects in the rain.

[The end]
Laurence Alma-Tadema's poem: Swallow

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