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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: There was a mighty river that I knew Last Line: In that dim land that lies beyond our dreams. Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Rivers; Swimming & Swimmers; Dead, The; Nightmares; Swimmers | |||
THERE was a mighty river that I knew In time long-by; it made me hold my breath To watch its wondrous ways -- so wide it grew, So plain the darker eddies spoke of death, The lads that dared to swim it were so few! Man grown, to-day I muse the stream beside, And smile, remembering -- for 'tis a span And nothing more to reach across its tide, While in the blackest pools your eyes may scan The bottom, where the minnows hunt and hide. Mayhap the rivers will not shrink to streams, In that dim land that lies beyond our dreams. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STILL ON WATER by KENNETH REXROTH THE ROUND FISH by ELEANOR WILNER THE SUMMER I WAS SIXTEEN by GERALDINE CONNOLLY THE EXCHANGE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER WITH KIT, AGE 7, AT THE BEACH by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD THE CASE OF EDGAR ABBOTT AND PHILIP RIDD by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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