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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COSMIC TRAIL, by EDWIN M. ABBOTT Poet's Biography First Line: Since I have thought so long on greater Last Line: The landscape widens as I onward go. Subject(s): Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal | |||
Since I have thought so long on greater things, And viewed from ranging hills a broader day, The little wounds which stung have taken wings; And deeper hurts have slowly ached away. I know not joy so quickly as I did, But neither do the tears so lightly fall. The narrow confines of each day are hid, By looking at what lieth under all. I have become a part of what I see; Small things that pass count not for weal nor woe: A vast horizon hovers over me: The landscape widens as I onward go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE THEATER: THE DEATH OF OSCEOLA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH FULL CIRCLE: THE CONNECTICUT CASINO by WILLIAM JAY SMITH OLD CHEROKEE WOMAN'S SONG by WILLIAM JAY SMITH THE BURNING OF MALMAISON by WILLIAM JAY SMITH PRAIRIE CHICKEN by WILLIAM JAY SMITH THE CROSSING by WILLIAM JAY SMITH JASON LEE by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON THE FATED RACE by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON THE OLD BARLOW ROAD by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON LOVE IN TWILIGHT by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET |
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