"When I go out, And darks descend," One said, "I'd like To be a wind." Another cried, "I'd go afar; I'd be the gold Of a shining star." Water, one thought, He'd like to be, And sing away To a shining sea. Another said, "Oh, I'd be light. I hate the dark Fret in the night." The last one said, "Clay from my birth Contented I Return to earth. "I shall know winds And be caressed By waters pressing My warm breast. "Stars shall gleam on Me goldenly; And light shall bring My own to me. "I would be earth No less, no more; I'd pass serene Back through the door." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF A SPANISH POEM by JAMES GALVIN THE CHANT OF THE VULTURES by EDWIN MARKHAM FANCIES AT NAVESINK: 6 by WALT WHITMAN THE PLANTING by MARGARET LEE ASHLEY A SISTER OF SORROW: 2. WEEPING CROSS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE DOWNY WOODPECKER by JOHN BURROUGHS WAR NOTES: 4. DECORATION DAY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |