497. The Dalliance Of The Eagles by Walt Whitman
b"W Whitman read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------\\n\\nThe Dalliance Of The Eagles\\nby Walt Whitman (1819 \\u2013 1992)\\n\\nSkirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) \\nSkyward in the air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles, \\nThe rushing amorous contact high in space together, \\nThe clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel, \\nFour beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling, \\nIn tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling, \\nTill o'er the river pois'd, the twain yet one, a moment's lull, \\nA motionless still balance in the air, then parting, talons loosing, \\nUpward again on slow-firm pinions slanting, their separate diverse flight, \\nShe hers, he his, pursuing. \\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 3 May 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009"