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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLITUDE, by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON
First Line: I searched a mountain top for solitude
Last Line: Is where I found my utter solitude.
Subject(s): Self; Silence; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: I searched a mountain top for solitude
Last Line: Is where I found my utter solitude.
Subject(s): Self; Silence; Solitude; Loneliness
I searched a mountain top for solitude
And quiet self-communion; far and wide
The thoughts of men invade—which always brood
Along horizons of the country side.
I sought the prairie spaces where I found
Familiar loneliness; but there the grass
But whispers its small worries to the ground;
And winds wail all earth's sorrow as they pass.
For respite, I explored a busy street,
In all the madding turmoil of the crowd—
Where there were only strangers I could meet—
Indifference wrapped round me as a cloud.
Where shadows of self-interest, only, brood
Is where I found my utter solitude.
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