Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY TOWN, by SIBYL CROLY HANCHETT


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MY TOWN, by                    
First Line: I am homesick for a town I have not seen
Last Line: Die homesick for a town I have not seen.
Subject(s): Homesickness


I am homesick for a town I have not seen,
Where pleasant hilltops sing against the sky
A lilting line of patterned melody;
Where trees new-sprung in luminous, startling green,
Direct, and cleanly perpendicular,
Fling from the soil their penetrating line;
And clear, unheated light is sifted fine
Through all the mild and gentle atmosphere.

I know its pools of blue-eyed flowers; its grass
Resilient in every springing blade;
The homely roofs, the comfortable, clean
Old cottages, where peaceful folk may pass
Unhastened lives. I shall, I am afraid,
Die homesick for a town I have not seen.





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