Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROMANCE, by FRANCES HALLEY BROCKETT First Line: Day after day as I follow the plow Last Line: When once you have to stay! Subject(s): Adventure & Adventurers; Love; Romance | ||||||||
Day after day as I follow the plow, Breaking the Western plain, Glamorous names of the far and strange Weave an alluring refrain. Romance and charm of adventure afar, Countries that beckon and shine, Days that dissolve with the sheen of a pearl Melting in golden wine. Singapore and Samarkand, Bagdad, and far Cathay; Secret gardens in Trebizond, Schooners in Bengal Bay. Prairie clear to the sky-rim, No water, and never a tree. Yet the whispering fronds of the beckoning palms Wait by a slumbering sea. Singing syllables that lure, Beauty, Romance, Love Long ago far other words Did once their magic prove. Pahasapa and Dakota, Slow Missouri's turgid flow, Red Cloud sitting by his wigwam, Bear Lodge drifting deep in snow. Ah! Romance dwells in lilting names If you are far away; How soon the place dispells the charm When once you have to stay! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ZOOMING; FOR TOM RAWORTH by ANSELM HOLLO ROMANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A MADE-FOR-TV ROMANCE by PETER JOHNSON CONFUSION OF THE SENSES by KENNETH REXROTH HIGH PROVENCE by KENNETH REXROTH THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 12 by KENNETH REXROTH THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 23 by KENNETH REXROTH HARMONY by FRANCES HALLEY BROCKETT |
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