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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY SADDLE, by E. A. L. GRIFFIN
First Line: My saddle hangs on yonder wall
Last Line: To say my ridin's done.
Subject(s): Horseback Riding; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: My saddle hangs on yonder wall
Last Line: To say my ridin's done.
Subject(s): Horseback Riding; Solitude; Loneliness
My saddle hangs on yonder wall,
My bridle hangs beside;
Ain't used 'em since a year last fall ...
I'm gettin' old to ride.
The stress of thirty toilsome years
At length begins to show—
With horseback ridin' interferes
An' makes my movements slow.
An' so, of late, I've stepped aside,
My functions others fill;
But though today I seldom ride
I keep my saddle still.
It's been my homely, silent pard
On many a lonely trail
An' many a night when "standin' guard"
In tempest, rain or hail;
An' oftentimes, when miles away
From shelt'ring roof and bed
I've lain until the dawn of day
My saddle 'neath my head.
The edges of its skirts are frayed.
The linin' badly worn,
An strainin' ropes a groove have made
Around its stubby horn.
It's nothin' much for looks an' style,
It's scarred an' scuffed an' old,
I've owned it, though, for quite a while—
I will not have it sold.
So let it hang on yonder wall
Untouched, an' used by none,
Until I get the final call
To say my ridin's done.
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