1. Home »
  2. American Poets »
  3. Elizabeth Madox Roberts

Firefly

by Elizabeth Madox Roberts

Elizabeth Madox Roberts

(A Song)
A little light is going by,
Is going up to see the sky,
A little light with wings.
I never could have thought of it,
To have a little bug all lit
And made to go on wings.




Quotes of the Day

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old

• Grade Allen



Poems of the Day
  • Wendell Berry
    The Silence
    by Wendell Berry
    Though the air is full of singing my head is loud with the labor of words. Though the season is rich with fruit, my tongue hungers for the sweet of speech. Though the beech is golden