Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREEN INN, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: I sicken of men's company Last Line: To sit in god's green inn. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Forests; Woods | ||||||||
I SICKEN of men's company, The crowded tavern's din, Where all day long with oath and song Sit they who entrance win, So come I out from noise and rout To rest in God's Green Inn. Here none may mock an empty purse Or ragged coat and poor, But Silence waits within the gates, And Peace beside the door; The weary guest is welcomest, The richest pays no score. The roof is high and arched and blue, The floor is spread with pine; On my four walls the sunlight falls In golden flecks and fine; And swift and fleet on noiseless feet The Four Winds bring me wine. Upon my board they set their store Great drinks mixed cunningly, Wherein the scent of furze is blent With odor of the sea; As from a cup I drink it up To thrill the veins of me. It's I will sit in God's Green Inn Unvexed by man or ghost, Yet ever fed and comforted Companioned by mine host, And watched at night by that white light High swung from coast to coast. Oh, you who in the House of Strife Quarrel and game and sin, Come out and see what cheer may be For starveling souls and thin, Who come at last from drought and fast To sit in God's Green Inn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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