Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Aug. 6, 1809 - Oct. 6, 1892

 

Second Song To The Same

by Alfred Lord Tennyson

I.

Thy tuwhits are lull'd I wot,
Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,
Which upon the dark afloat,
So took echo with delight,
So took echo with delight,
That her voice untuneful grown,
Wears all day a fainter tone.

II.

I would mock thy chaunt anew;
But I cannot mimick it;
Not a whit of thy tuwhoo,
Thee to woo to thy tuwhit,
Thee to woo to thy tuwhit,
With a lengthen'd loud halloo,
Tuwhoo, tuwhit, tuwhit, tuwhoo-o-o.

See also Song of the Owl

Source:

The Works Of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Copyright 1893
London: Macmillan And Co.
Toronto: The Copp Clark Co. Limited.