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HOME TRAVEL, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poet's Biography First Line: What need I travel, since I may Last Line: The little world in folio. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
WHAT need I travel, since I may More choicer wonders here survey? What need I Tyre for purple seek, When I may find it in a cheek? Or sack the Eastern shores? there lies More precious diamonds in her eyes. What need I dig Peru for ore, When every hair of her yields more? Or toil for gums in India, Since she can breathe more rich than they? Or ransack Africk? there will be On either hand more ivory. But look within: all virtues that Each nation would appropriate, And with the glory of them rest, Are in this map at large exprest; That who would travel here might know The little world in folio. | 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 A BURNING GLASS by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) |
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