|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CALL OF THE STREAM, by CHARLES HENRY CRANDALL
First Line: I am sitting to - day at the desk alone
Last Line: I'm catching the train for trout.
Subject(s): Brooks; Fame; Rest; Solitude; Streams; Creeks; Reputation; Loneliness
First Line: I am sitting to - day at the desk alone
Last Line: I'm catching the train for trout.
Subject(s): Brooks; Fame; Rest; Solitude; Streams; Creeks; Reputation; Loneliness
I AM sitting to-day at the desk alone,
And the figures are hard to tame;
I'd like to shift to a mossy stone
Nor bother with pelf and fame.
I know a pool where the waters cool
Rest under the brawling falls,
And the song and gleam of that mountain stream —
Oh, it calls, and calls, and calls!
There are hooks and lines in a wayside store
Where the grangers buy their plug,
And the loggers swap their river-lore
For a jag they can hardly lug.
I wonder how long that tackle will lie
As useless as any dumb fool
Unless I happen along to buy,
And sneak for that mountain pool.
Oh, bother the flies, I guess I've enough,
I know where the worms are thick
By Billy's old barn — Oh, they are the stuff —
You can dig a quart with a stick.
The reel is all right and the line is tight,
And if they should happen to fail
There's little birch rods that are fit for gods
When they follow the trout-brook trail.
I jing! the demon has rung me up —
The "central" up in the woods —
Waders, and creel, and a pocket-cup!
I'm after the only goods.
Wire for Hank and the old buckboard —
The secret, I guess, is out —
Don't bother me now — you'll get in a row —
I'm catching the train for trout.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV
IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE
SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS
SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA
THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES
STELLA by CHARLES HENRY CRANDALL