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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADVENTURERS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: When winter still is in the air
Last Line: And bring her back to my own land.
Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Children; Childhood
First Line: When winter still is in the air
Last Line: And bring her back to my own land.
Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Children; Childhood
When winter still is in the air
And not a green leaf anywhere,
There are great flocks of birds that wing
Over our town to find the Spring.
I often wonder what they know,
And how they find out where to go—
Perhaps, because they're up so high,
They see Spring somewhere in the sky.
If I could fly the way they do,
I would make haste to find Spring, too—
I'd pull her gently by the hand
And bring her back to my own land.
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