English Poetry. William Morris. The Woodpecker. Уильям Моррис.

William Morris (Уильям Моррис)

The Woodpecker

I once a King and chief
Now am the tree-bark’s thief,
Ever ’twixt trunk and leaf
Chasing the prey. 

William Morris’s other poems:

1. The Son’s Sorrow
2. All For The Cause
3. The Flowering Orchard
4. Pain And Time Strive Not
5. The Voice Of Toil

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

John Tabb (Джон Табб) The Woodpecker (“The wizard of the woods is he”)

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