Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I WOULD GO ADVENTURING, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY


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First Line: Oh, I would go -- would go adventuring
Last Line: But fate, the jester, gave me the hearth fire!
Subject(s): Home; Reality; Travel; Journeys; Trips


OH, I would go—would go adventuring!
I would fare forth in one of those great ships
That take on cargoes for far, foreign ports,
And restless, strain their hawsers in their slips!

I would be off—be off in one of them!
I have a yearning for the untried seas—
Would see strange islands under burning suns—
Would feel the warm caress of tropic breeze!

Oh, I would hear—would hear strange-looking men
Speak strangely in strange tongues that would amaze
My stranger ears! And I would dwell with them—
I would become acquainted with their ways!

And I would see—would see old monuments
Built by forgotten men in cities where
No living man now knows, can learn or guess
The meaning of the scriptures carven there!

It fills, it fills me with imaginings
To see a brilliant jewel glow and gleam!
The scent of spices or the sheen of silks
From India or China makes me dream!

Always I thrill—thrill to the feel of fur!
It brings the frozen forests to my view!
I long to see the tall, dusk sentinels
Cast on the snow's white breast their shadows blue!

In dreams—in dreams I scent the heavy air
Of breathless jungles—hear the tiger call
His mate to him; I watch the bright birds fly—
Through giant ferns see monstrous reptiles crawl!

Yes, I would know—would know the far-off lands!
God, when He made me, gave me the desire
For mountain tops, deep seas and burning sands—
But Fate, the jester, gave me the hearth fire!





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