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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAST ECSTASY, by ALETHA CALDWELL CONNER First Line: I want to go to the hills of oklahoma Last Line: In the hills of oklahoma! Subject(s): Mountains; Oklahoma; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | |||
I want to go to the hills of Oklahoma -- Where trailing mists of tender light Melt in the violet shades of night -- I want to be in the hills of Oklahoma -- When robins start their annual flight And Winter girds himself with might -- O, let me see the hills of Oklahoma When a mocking bird in plaintive cry Brings the mating call of a bob-white nigh! My heart cries out for the hills of Oklahoma -- Where goldenrod in masses bright Reflect their glow in sunset-light. All nature sings in the hills of Oklahoma, As crickets chirp within the grass And humming locusts dip and pass -- O take me back to the hills of Oklahoma! When I no more may share their mirth Here, in the land that gave me birth -- O lay me deep, in the red, red earth Where forever I'll stay My dust making gay The slope of a wood At dawn of the day In the hills of Oklahoma! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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