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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT CHAPPAQUA, by JOEL BENTON Poet's Biography
First Line: His cherished woods are mute. The stream glides down
Last Line: This is the peaceful mecca all men know!
Subject(s): Chappaqua, New York; Home
First Line: His cherished woods are mute. The stream glides down
Last Line: This is the peaceful mecca all men know!
Subject(s): Chappaqua, New York; Home
HIS cherished woods are mute. The stream glides down
The hill as when I knew it years ago;
The dark, pine arbor with its priestly gown
Stands hushed, as if our grief it still would show;
The silver springs are cupless, and the flow
Of friendly feet no more bereaves the grass,
For he is absent who was wont to pass
Along this wooded path. His axe's blow
No more disturbs the impertinent bole or bough;
Nor moves his pen our heedless nation now,
Which, sworn to justice, stirred the people so.
In some far world his much-loved face must glow
With rapture still. This breeze once fanned his brow.
This is the peaceful Mecca all men know!
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