Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUT IN THE OPEN, by MARTIN HANS HERLICK


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OUT IN THE OPEN, by                    
First Line: Did you ever live in the mountains high
Last Line: Come! Let's hike, if it's just for a day.
Subject(s): Nature


Did you ever live in the mountains high,
While the tall pines stilled your wrath?
Did you ever watch the birds fly by,
And study life from a broader path?

What is it that makes you feel stronger
And broadens your narrow views?
And why do you wish to stay longer
To tramp in the fresh green dews?

It's God and nature that's meant for man
To be free and alone with his soul;
It's the silence, beauty and healthy tan
That makes you crawl from a narrow hole.

It takes you away from yourself, my friend,
And crowded cities of sham and clan.
You find time to think from beginning to end
And come back with the life of a man.

Life here is too short at the very most,
And much beauty and love flies away,
In our hurried business from coast to coast.
Come! let's hike, if it's just for a day.





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