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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHO ELSE HEARD IT?, by DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) FISHER First Line: A lady walking through the square Last Line: "and hang it by your own fireside?" Alternate Author Name(s): Canfield, Dorothy | |||
A lady walking through the square With steamship tickets in her hand, To spend her summer in the Alps, Her winter in the Holy Land, Heard (or else dreamed), as she passed by The Orphan Home across the way, A small and clear and wondering voice From out a dormer window say, "And would you really rather climb Mont Blanc alone, than walk with me Out hunting Mayflowers in the woods Of Westerburn and Cloverlea? "Alas! And would you rather hear Cathedral choirs in cities far Than one at bedtime, on your lap, Say 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star'?" "A lonely Christmas would you spend By Galilee or Jordan's tide When a child's stocking you might fill And hang it by your own fireside?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BY ABANA AND PHARPAR by DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) FISHER HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN by DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) FISHER NOCTES AMBROSIANAE by DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) FISHER SALEM HILLS TO ELLIS ISLAND by DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) FISHER THE GOLDEN TONGUE OF IRELAND by DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) FISHER THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS LILAC: FIRST EMOTIONS OF LOVE by ROBERT BURNS A SONG [OF DIVINE LOVE] by RICHARD CRASHAW IDEA: TO THE READER OF THESE SONNETS, INTRODUCTION by MICHAEL DRAYTON |
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