Ode to a Nightingale
/ˌəʊd tu ə ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/
/ˌəʊd tu ə ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/
- a long poem (1820) by John Keats which describes how he feels as he listens to the beautiful song of a nightingale (a small bird).“Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!No hungry generations tread thee down;The voice I hear this passing night was heardIn ancient days by emperor and clown.”