Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE KNAPSACK TRAIL, by EDWIN OSGOOD GROVER


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THE KNAPSACK TRAIL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I like the wide and common road
Last Line: Till sudden—we are there!
Subject(s): Country Life; Roads; Paths; Trails


I like the wide and common road
Where all may walk at will,
The worn and rutted country road
That runs from hill to hill;
I like the road through pastures green
Worn by home-coming feet
Of lowing kine and barefoot boy
Where twilight shadows meet.

But I like best the Knapsack Trail
Wherein my heart and I
May walk and talk in quietness
With angels passing by.
The lonely Trail through forests dim
That leads to God-knows-where,
That winds from tree to spotted tree
'Till sudden—we are there!





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