Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TOKE'S POINT, by FRANCES HATHAWAY


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TOKE'S POINT, by                    
First Line: A tongue of land thrust out to lap the bay
Last Line: The last free remnant of a people go.


A tongue of land thrust out to lap the bay
Of shoals, where pines lean backward from the sea,
And wide white beaches stretch in wanton plea,
Smiling and beckoning the sun to stay.
Beaches where the tribesmen's dugouts lay
Before their deerskin lodges. There a free
People lived proudly, bowed no subject knee,
Nor knew foreboding of a darker day.
That day the white man and his cattle trail
Invaded northwest wildness, and a young
Girl's laugh rang out. Her laugh the red man's wail,
Stilling all laughter as a requiem rung.
The white men bring their women! Sad and slow
The last free remnant of a people go.





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