Updated September 23, 2019 | Infoplease Staff OvertonesWilliam Alexander PercyI heard a bird at break of day Sing from the autumn trees A song so mystical and calm, So full of certainties, No man, I think, could listen long Except upon his knees. Yet this was but a simple bird, Alone, among dead trees. Edna St. Vincent Millay: God's World The Second Book of Modern Verse Edna St. Vincent Millay: When the Year grows Old .com/t/poetry/modern-verse/overtones.html Sources Our Common Sources
