Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIPPERARY: 5. BY OUR OWN EUGENE FIELD, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've been on many a lengthy trip since that I was Last Line: There. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Field, Eugene (1850-1895); Tipperary, Ireland; Tourists; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
I've been on many a lengthy trip since that I was a boy, And some have filled my breast with pain and some my soul with joy; I've taken brief excursion trips and journeys overlong, And each of them I've made the theme of story or of song. I've been to California and I've been to New-foundland; I've shipped along the Danube and I've sailed the Rio Grande; But no trip I have taken yet is worthy to compare With that to Tipperary, for My Heart's Right There. I've been to Red Hoss Mountain, where the boys was rough and true; I've been to Colorado, where the summer skies is blue; To Boston, Mass., to Bangor, Maine, to Providence, R. I., To Baltimore, Schenectady, Los Angeles, and Rye; I've been to Tallahassee, Texarkana, Jacksonville; To Springfield, O., and Springfield, Mo., and Springfields, Mass. and III., But, if I choose my pilgrimage, I much prefer to fare Me forth to Tipperary, for My Heart's Right There. The Piccadilly Ponies and the Leicester Square Sextette Are powerless to draw my eye or make my heart forget. No Persian princess on her throne, no dame of high degree, No lady in her limousine can lure my love from me. Let others by the blandishments of Broadway be beguiled, I go to Tipperary, just to see a little child. By-low and sleep, my prettikins, God bless your curly hair! It's far to Tipperary, but My Heart's Right There. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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