Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRST STEPS, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Like a desert vast and cheerless Last Line: Sturdy legs, step out! Subject(s): Children; Walking; Childhood | ||||||||
Like a desert vast and cheerless Stretch the nurs'ry lands. Who could gaze with vision fearless O'er those trackless sands? Though there waits a shelter peerless Mother's reaching hands! Eyes alight with exultation, Lips that shape a shout; Just a flutt'ring hesitation, Just a sigh of doubt. Dareand launch a generation! Sturdy legs, step out! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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