Emma Lazarus Quote

No man had ever heard a nightingale,
When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred
To study and define — what is a bird.


Critic and Poet: an Epilogue


No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define — what is a bird.

No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define — what is a bird.

No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define — what is a bird.

No man had ever heard a nightingale, When once a keen-eyed naturalist was stirred To study and define — what is a bird.