Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WESTWARD PAGEANT, by LUCILLE BURTON First Line: Always the westward pageant; always man Last Line: Aye! It is so! -- march on, o caravan! Subject(s): Caravans; Dreams; Pioneers; Travel; Nightmares; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Always the westward pageant; always man Following stars; an endless caravan Marching to hidden music some call dreams, Forever pressing forth in steady streams. Westward the trail that makes this planet's round -- Wagons and stars and men all outward bound -- The times the snows fall lightly as her mirth, Sappho's dark Venus cleaves unto this earth And like that gentle genius sheds soft rays Upon the caravan and sings its praise! O lonely trail that men have followed far, Impregnable, impassioned Evening Star; That some have known while others groped in dark, That some have held and fanned -- O hidden spark! -- That each and every soul has shed in flame That this processional might bear His name! All honor to the two rich human streams, The men who dream and those bereft of dreams; For stars are steady -- Is it so with man? Aye! it is so! -- March on, O Caravan! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING SPELT FROM SIBYL'S LEAVES by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE LAY OF SAINT MEDARD; A LEGEND OF AFRIC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE COMBAT, BETWEENE CONSCIENCE AND COVETOUSNESSE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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