The Owl: Lord Tennyson

When cats run home and light is come,

And dew is cold upon the ground,

And the far-off stream is dumb,

And the whirring sail goes round,

And the whirring sail goes round :

Alone and warming his five wits,

The white owl in the belfry sits.

When merry milkmaids click the latch,

And rarely smells the new-mown hay,

And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch

Twice or thrice his roundelay,

Twice or thrice his roundelay :

Alone and warming his five wits,

The white owl in the belfry sits.

Summary: In this poem, ‘The Owl,’ the poet Lord Tennyson describes about the owl. The nocturnal owl has an omniscient force who watches and knows everything in his surroundings. When cats run home, dew is cold upon the ground, and the sound of windmills goes round, then the white owl sits on a part of tower and watches everything by using his five senses or powers. When merry milkmaids close gates and the cock sings a song twice or thrice under the house roof, then the white owl sits on a part of tower and observes all the things by using his five wits or senses.