Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROAD TO APPENZELL, by HENRY GLASSFORD BELL Poet's Biography First Line: Green sunny road that skirts the foot Last Line: The yellow-coated pumpkins grow! Subject(s): Alps; Appenzell, Switzerland; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
GREEN sunny road that skirts the foot Of low hills, clad from top to toe With vines, beneath whose ripening fruit The yellow-coated pumpkins grow; Road winding by the ruined tower, Whose olden story none can tell, Road fringed with many a mountain flower, Road leading on to Appenzell! -- May thy soft shadows ne'er be less, Thy brawling brooklet never dumb! The hours were winged with happiness Which saw me through thy valley come. And by my side there tripped along The fairest of the mountain maids, Who sang unasked her mountain song, And showed me all the rocks and glades. I ne'er shall hear that song again, I ne'er shall see that Switzer dell, But in my heart will aye remain The road that leads to Appenzell; The sunny road that skirts the foot Of low hills, clad from top to toe With vines, beneath whose ripening fruit The yellow-coated pumpkins grow! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS by HENRY GLASSFORD BELL |
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