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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ESCAPE, by LUCILE CHANDLER
First Line: A tree or two upon the lawn
Last Line: That, soaring, laughs at city lots.
First Line: A tree or two upon the lawn
Last Line: That, soaring, laughs at city lots.
A tree or two upon the lawn
Must represent the forest-aisles
That I have longed to wander through
When Nature wakes in spring and smiles.
A little hill or two must stand
For mountains I have never seen,
A winding lane my thoroughfare
To distant valleys in between.
A patch of sky, a flower-bed,
A tiny, cherished garden-plot,
Compose my narrow hemisphere --
A world within a city lot.
Though fate denies my dearest wish
To see earth's ancient beauty-spots,
No force can hold my spirit fast
That, soaring, laughs at city lots.
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