• Literary Period: Victorian
  • Publication Date: 1918
  • Approx. Reading Time: 0 minutes
Poetry

As Kingfishers Catch Fire

Edited by Robert Bridges
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;     As tumbled over rim in roundy wells     Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell'sBow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:     Deals out that being indoors each one dw...
  • Literary Period: Victorian
  • Publication Date: 1918
  • Approx. Reading Time: 0 minutes