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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HILLS OF OLD VERMONT, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poet's Biography First Line: The 'native' hills of old vermont Last Line: Amidst the hills of old vermont. Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Mountain Life - Vermont; Travel; Vermont; Journeys; Trips | |||
THE "native" hills of Old Vermont Are 'bout as good as hills can be; They kindly met my opening eyes, I hope they'll be the last I see; When folks get back from 'round the world They sorter fill a long-felt want— There's nothing neater on the map Than these old hills of Old Vermont. They say Vermont if rolled out flat Would equal Illinois in size; But primaries then would cost so much The rich might win and not the wise; Our marble, too, would be soft coal— A thing that some folks wouldn't want— I think we'd better let 'em stand, The solid hills of Old Vermont. They ain't too green, they ain't too gray, They ain't too high or dry or small; They're awful pretty in the Spring, But prettier in the fiery Fall; And they're so smooth that you can farm Clear up to snow-line, if you want, Which isn't true of any hills In any place except Vermont. If this was some big, level state, We'd get the bitter with the sweet, For Henry Ford might live in town, Or unkissed Dowie down the street; We'd have no gum, we'd have no talc— The high school girls would come to want— We'd better leave 'em be, I guess, The useful hills of Old Vermont. The man that doesn't like these hills Must be tremendous hard to please, Or have a case of what Fred Wells Would call the Enosburg disease; Jest dub me "hill dog" if you will— Use any nicking name you want— But I'm in hopes my eyes may close Amidst the hills of Old Vermont. | 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 A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |
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