@3W@1HEN Mother reads aloud, the past Seems real as every day; I hear the tramp of armies vast, I see the spears and lances cast, I join the thrilling fray; Brave knights and ladies fair and proud I meet when Mother reads aloud. When Mother reads aloud, far lands Seem very near and true; I cross the deserts' gleaming sands, Or hunt the jungle's prowling bands, Or sail the ocean blue. Far heights, whose peaks the cold mists shroud, I scale, when Mother reads aloud. When Mother reads aloud, I long For noble deeds to do -- To help the right, redress the wrong; It seems so easy to be strong, So simple to be true. Oh, thick and fast the visions crowd My eyes, when Mother reads aloud. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PSALM 139 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE SLAVE MOTHER by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER THE MOWER TO THE GLOW-WORMS by ANDREW MARVELL LITTLE GOLDENHAIR by F. BURGE SMITH THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: NOVEMBER by EDMUND SPENSER |