While I watch the Christmas blaze
Paint the room with ruddy rays,
Something makes my vision glide
To the frosty scene outside.
There, to reach a rotting berry,
Toils a thrush, - constrained to very
Dregs of food by sharp distress,
Taking such with thankfulness.
Why, O starving bird, when I
One day's joy would justify,
And put misery out of view,
Do you make me notice you!
The Reminder
Thomas Hardy
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Poem topics: christmas, food, joy, bird, notice, room, sharp, reach, view, vision, scene, watch, Valentine's Day, distress, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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