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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GAJO FATHER, by AMEY SMYTH First Line: Because he chose to live within Last Line: Or say what I shall need? | |||
Because he chose to live within The walls of dear familiar things, Must I forget the hurricane, The ecstasy of soaring wings? Because he never heard its call, Must I forswear the hunter's horn, And stop my ears and blind my eyes To all he has not borne? Perchance he dreamed the devious ways Which I pursue so ardently, But choosing home, his wings were bound, And he bequeathed his dreams to me! I am his gypsy-hearted child, Mixed somehow with a foreign breed; How can he know the moods I feel, Or say what I shall need? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRAYER TO THE SPIRIT OF AUTUMN by AMEY SMYTH A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 21. BREDON HILL by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN FOR DECORATION DAY: 1898-1899 by RUPERT HUGHES ON AN OLD MUFF by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 3. AR-RAHEEM by EDWIN ARNOLD A CHARACTER OF JOSEPH PRIESTLY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY by BERNARD OF CLUNY THE UNKNOWN WOMAN by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK |
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