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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HILL-BILLY, by LOA HAHL First Line: The white mists of mornin' Last Line: Let it lead where it will! | |||
The white mists of mornin' Creep down the blue glen; I dast not look 'round Lest I turn back again. There's kindlin' to split, There's taters to hoe, But wide places are callin'! Maw, I just gotta go! There's smoke from the shanty I know you're about; Paw'll still be a snorin', His jug near, no doubt. It hurt not to tell you, -- Paw'd rail at you so; You can tell him in truth That I snuck out to go. Store shoes in my knap-sack To wear into town; My fiddle wrapped keerful -- It's all that I own. There's furrows to turn, There's goobers to sow, But the wide places call me; I just gotta go! The finger o' mornin' Points over the hill, I must follow the pointin' Let it lead where it will! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LONELY BURIAL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE MEMORY OF MARTHA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE DESERTED VILLAGE by OLIVER GOLDSMITH VERSES WHY BURNT by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN by AESOP |
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