Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POSSESSION, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: A youth sat down on a wayside Last Line: The world and its giving belonged to him. Subject(s): Travel; Wandering & Wanderers; Youth; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
A YOUTH sat down on a wayside stone, A pack on his back and a staff at his knee. He whistled a tune which he called his own, "It's a fine new tune, that tune!" said he. In his pack he carried a crust of bread, And he drank from his hands at a brook hard by; "Spring water is wonderful cool," he said, "And wonderful soft is the summer sky!" He looked to the hill which his steps had passed, He looked to the slope where a brooklet purled, He looked to the distance blue and vast And "Ah," cried he, "what a fine, wide world!" The youth passed on down the winding track That led to the beckoning distance dim, And though he carried but staff and pack, The world and its giving belonged to him. | 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 A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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