Breadcrumb Home > Primary Sources > Poetry > The Second Book of Modern Verse > William Alexander Percy: Overtones Cite William Alexander Percy: Overtones Updated February 28, 2017 | Infoplease Staff OvertonesWilliam Alexander PercyI heard a bird at break of day Sing from the autumn treesA 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 See also: Walt Whitman: Halcyon Days TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. April 2021 Current Events: US News The Berlin Conference and the Partition of Africa The Implied Powers of Congress Noble Titles and Ranks in a Monarchy Keeping Your Brain Active in a COVID-19 World Quetzalcoatl: Aztec Myths and Myths About the Aztecs
Updated February 28, 2017 | Infoplease Staff OvertonesWilliam Alexander PercyI heard a bird at break of day Sing from the autumn treesA 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