Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LONGING, by BLANCHE KENDALL MCKEY


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LONGING, by                    
First Line: And it will bring you back
Last Line: To hear his singing!
Subject(s): Longing; Spring


And it will bring you back—
The burst of spring,—
The low, sweet calling of the whip-poor-will;
And you will see the star above the lake,
And watch the fire-fly dance below the hill—
The throbbing of your heartbeat hushed and still.

O it will bring you back—
The burst of spring!
The garden folk a-dance with joy set free,
The oriole a-singing in the tree,
The little path a-gleaming in the sun
To welcome one
Content a while to stay
Beside the branch the oriole is swinging;
But I shall be too far away—
Too far away—
To hear his singing!





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