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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I AM BORNE ONWARD, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I am borne onward from the faith of my fathers
Last Line: They leant upon them -- I am alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: I am borne onward from the faith of my fathers
Last Line: They leant upon them -- I am alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
I am borne onward from the faith of my fathers,
It is far behind me, like a fading song,
But sometimes I am homesick for its triumphant certainties,
I who must break my heart to learn the right from the wrong.
All that I long for, shrink from or strive against,
I must weigh in balances, frail but my own,
My fathers each one had a guardian angel,
They leant upon them -- I am alone.
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