Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GOLDEN DREAM, by KATHRYN ROESER DUNLAP First Line: The sun came out of the east Last Line: And found a place in the west. Subject(s): California - Gold Discoveries; Frontier & Pioneer Life; West (u.s.); Gold Rush; Forty-niners; Southwest; Pacific States | ||||||||
The sun came out of the East And went to the West -- Fourscore years have drifted by Since caravans struggling, steeds perspiring, Lusty babes suckling, mothers soothing, The Forty-Niners toiled and pushed to the West. Through mountain crevice and rocky-peak summit, O'er S-Path bridges that wended west The ox carts jolted; the house goods rattled, Women fainted, but the men pushed west; The Indians painted and whooped on the summit, The bluebirds startled, fluttered in distance. The steeds pranced slower, but the men went west O'er rocky summits, bathed violet in sunset; The sun rose warmer as the throng pushed west. The sun rose warmer and lasted longer, Its rays grew mellow -- the ocean bounded, Faint heart cheered when they found the West. Orange-blossom fragrance, heavy on misty air, A land o'erburdened with nature's treasure; The skies more mellow with clouds o'erlaid; A woman's heart and humanity's courage -- A golden dream came out of the East And found a place in the West. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WESTERN WAGONS by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DRIVING WEST IN 1970 by ROBERT BLY IN THE HELLGATE WIND by MADELINE DEFREES A PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY by EDWARD DORN ASSORTED COMPLIMENTS by EDWARD DORN AT THE COWBOY PANEL by EDWARD DORN A FAREWELL TO FOLLY: CONTENT by ROBERT GREENE |
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