escape the real world and go with the nightingale He feels tired of human suffering where people grow old get sick and die The nightingale however is free from all these troubles Its song has remained the same for many years even since ancient times This makes the poet think that the nightingale is immortal Thou wast not born for death immortal Bird This means that the bird will never die unlike human beings The Song Makes Him Sad The poet then imagines different ways to escape First he wishes for wine so that he can get drunk and forget his pain But soon he changes his mind He decides that poetry is a better way to escape Through his imagination he feels like he is flying to the nightingale The poet says Away away for I will fly to thee However the joy does not last long The poet soon realizes that he cannot truly be with the bird The nightingale flies away leaving him alone again He feels lost and wonders whether his experience is real or just a dream In short the song of the nightingale gives the poet happiness for a short time But in the end he is left with the painful truth that nothing lasts forever