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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WET WOODS, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poet's Biography
First Line: This path leads to the laurel
Last Line: I will be alone with sorrow.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: This path leads to the laurel
Last Line: I will be alone with sorrow.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
This path lads to the laurel,
And that, winds to the burn:
Hemlocks, pines, and birches,
Know the one that I turn.
It is wet in the woods to-day,—
And perhaps, the sun to-morrow,
Shall weave its gold, while away
I will be alone with sorrow.
Other Poems of Interest...
VINEGAR AND OIL by JANE HIRSHFIELD
IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV
IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE
SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS
SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA
THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES