...tear from the passion-flower at the gate', when Phoebe crosses the beach, and she no longer replies, 'My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a water'd shoot', when Alan approaches what can he do? Being honest as the day and logical as the sun,...

...can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. William Shakespeare A Birthday My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a watered shoot; My heart is like an apple tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles...

...her first collection of poems. Relying on themes from folk tales, it was a great literary success. A Birthday My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart...

...singing: My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in the shoot; My heart is like an apple tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a purple sea My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. She took Onie's hand and...