Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OLD FRIENDSHIP STREET, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON


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OLD FRIENDSHIP STREET, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Love led me to an unknown land and fain was I to go
Last Line: It's I am going back again to walk old friendship street.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Friendship


LOVE led me to an unknown land and fain was I to go;
From peak to peak a weary way he lures me to and fro;
On narrow ledge and dizzy height he dares my wayworn feet --
I would that I were back again to walk Old Friendship Street.

It's there one knew the level road, the even grass-grown way;
My brain grew never wildered there, my feet might never stray;
But here I quarrel for the path with every soul I meet --
I would that I were back again to walk OldFriendship Street.

It's here I find no gracious hand to close within my own,
But there one never raised a song to find he sang alone;
And always at a neighbor's hearth were kindly glass and seat --
I would that I were back again to walk Old Friendship Street.

I'm sick of awful depths and heights, I'm sick of storm and strife;
I'll let Love lead for bolder folk and take my ease in life.
I know whose voice will hail me first, whose welcoming be sweet --
It's I am going back again to walk Old Friendship Street.





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