Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LONG TRAIL: ANSWER, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL First Line: From the clearing's scope in the breaking wood Last Line: The motherland is calling the children home! Subject(s): Pioneers; Roads; Travel; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
From the clearing's scope in the breaking wood, The sunny lane where the headstones brood, From the mountain valley's scarr'd retreat, Rallies the sure roll of marching feet. Over the prairie's miles of corn The mountain sky line, jagged and torn, The sweep of range, the summer sea, The long trail swings back endlessly. Back from treading new paths as their fathers trod, Back from new shores with their fathers' God, The sons swing back, blood of pioneer! Silent men marching, war-trapt, severe, Facing the dawn, unafraid, they come The motherland is calling the children home! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING COMING HOME by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL |
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