Poems (Radford)/Because I Built my Nest so High

by Dollie Radford

XVIII

Because I built my nest so high,  Must I despairIf a fierce wind, with bitter cry,Passes the lower branches by,  And mine makes bare?

Because I hung it, in my pride,  So near the skies,Higher than other nests abide,Must I lament if far and wide  It scattered lies?

I shall but build, and build my best,  Till, safety won,I hang aloft my new-made nest,High as of old, and see it rest  As near the sun.