Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOWN THE WOOD-PATH, by JOHN HENRY HOPKINS JR. Poet's Biography First Line: Down the wood-path winding slow Last Line: Walk no more together! Subject(s): Togetherness | ||||||||
Down the wood-path winding slow, When the sun was sinking low, Walked we two together. Leaves that once were Summer's pride Fluttering fell on every side, In the Autumn weather, Crimson, purple, brown and gold, On the pathway, dead and cold, Fell as fast as they could fall: Under foot we trod them all, As we walked together. Down the wood-path, winding slow, When the sun was sinking low, Walked we two together. Hopes that once had kissed the sky All were fluttering down to die, In the Autumn weather. Thine were falling, too, as fast; Yet we chatted as we passed: Not one heart-word either said, Of the dreams thus dry and dead, As we walked together. Sunlight dimly died away; Changed the stream from cold to gray, As we walked together. Twilight fell, in cloud and chill, Ere we clomb the open hill, In the Autumn weather. Gone is Summer's glorious blaze; Gone the sober Autumn days; Dreary Winter now is nigh: And for ever thou and I Walk no more together! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WOMAN WITH FLAXEN HAIR IN NORFOLK HEARD by ROBERT KELLY YESTERDAY FROM MY FEVER by GALWAY KINNELL IF YOU COULD COME SOFTLY by AUDRE LORDE MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SILENT IN THE MOONLIGHT by ROBERT BLY |
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