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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAFE, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poet's Biography
First Line: If I but set my casement high
Last Line: To read the heart of me.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: If I but set my casement high
Last Line: To read the heart of me.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
IF I but set my casement high
Where none peer in at me,
I shall look only at the sky
And the fair top of the tree.
I shall forget the sorry things
The swallows do not tell;
I shall not see the wounded wings
Of the little bird that fell.
And if below there crawls a road,
Where dusty travelers go,
Groaning beneath a weary load --
Why, I shall never know.
I can pretend there is no sin,
No pain and misery,
If I gaze out where none look in
To read the heart of me.
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