Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROAD TO BABYLON, by MARGARET ADELAIDE WILSON First Line: How far is it to babylon?' Last Line: Have missed the road returning home. Subject(s): Babylon | ||||||||
"How far is it to Babylon? -- Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again." And while nurse hummed the old, old rhyme, Tucking him in at evening time, He dreamed how when he grew a man And traveled free, as big men can, He'd slip out through the garden gate To roads where high adventures wait And find the way to Babylon, Babylon, far Babylon, All silver-towered in the sun! He's traveled free, a man with men; (Bitter the scores of miles and ten!) And now face down by Babylon's wall He sleeps, nor any more at all By morning, noon or candle-light Or in the wistful summer night To his own garden gate he'll come. -- Young feet that fretted so to roam Have missed the road returning home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VISIONS OF DANIEL by ROBERT PINSKY ASHURNATSIRPAL III by CARL SANDBURG SUPER FLUMINA BABYLONIS by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE BABEL: THE GATE OF GOD by GORDON BOTTOMLEY BABYLONIAN LYRIC by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE ULTIMATE NATION by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON HARPS HUNG UP IN BABYLON by ARTHUR WILLIS COLTON MAD TOM TATTERMAN by JOHN DRINKWATER GERVAIS (KILLED AT THE DARDANELLES) by MARGARET ADELAIDE WILSON |
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