Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AKRA THE SLAVE: INTRODUCTION, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So long had I travelled the lonely road Last Line: And crossed the threshold, and kindled the fire. | ||||||||
So long had I travelled the lonely road, Though, now and again, a wayfaring friend Walked shoulder to shoulder, and lightened the load, I often would think to myself as I strode, No comrade will journey with you to the end. And it seemed to me, as the days went past, And I gossiped with cronies, or brooded alone, By wayside fires, that my fortune was cast To sojourn by other men's hearths to the last, And never to come to my own hearthstone. The lonely road no longer I roam. We met, and were one in the heart's desire. Together we came through the wintry gloam To the little old house by the cross-ways, home; And crossed the threshold, and kindled the fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON BREAKFAST by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FLANNAN ISLE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FOR G. by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON GERANIUMS by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON LAMENT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RETREAT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RUPERT BROOKE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE GORSE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE ICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON |
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