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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE SWING, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: I love to swing so high, so high
Last Line: The world turns right side up again.
Subject(s): Children; Swings; Childhood
First Line: I love to swing so high, so high
Last Line: The world turns right side up again.
Subject(s): Children; Swings; Childhood
I love to swing so high, so high,
That all the world is turned around;
My feet are standing on the sky,
And far above me is the ground.
I love to swing so high, and see
The leafy boughs go rushing by,
And view the world beyond the tree,
With nothing near me but the sky.
Up, up I go,—and hardly stir
For one long happy second; then
With a delicious rush and whirr
The world turns right side up again.
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