Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAGED EAGLE, by ROBERT CARY First Line: His eyes were on the ledger but his mind Last Line: Dreams steered his course but duty braced his will. | ||||||||
His eyes were on the ledger but his mind Looked far beyond a dock three floors below His office window, far beyond the snow Of great majestic peaks, or trails that wind Through glistening woods, or prairies stern yet kind (Since old romance endears them), or where flow Waters as wild as Jersey's Ramapo He cruised and portages, half awake, half blind: Adventurer undaunted by a fate Not of his heart's own choosing, he could still Journey to distant ports -- arise, elate, To claim new suns or, sharing victory's thrill, Embark with sunset for the Golden Gate! -- Dreams steered his course but duty braced his will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THROUGH THE MEUSE-ARGONNE TODAY by ROBERT CARY TO ONE BEYOND DEATH'S PORTALS by ROBERT CARY SPEAKIN' O' CHRISTMAS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR IN APIA BAY by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS THE GROANS OF THE TANKARD by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE CHILD AN' THE MOWERS by WILLIAM BARNES GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 7 by RICHARD BARNFIELD MARTYRS TO THE MAN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR GRANDCHILD ELIZABETH .. WHO DECEASED 1665 by ANNE BRADSTREET A SOLILOQUY OF THE FULL MOON, SHE BEING IN A MAD PASSION by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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