Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HALLOWEEN MEMORY, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you remember, heart's desire Last Line: His hearthfire smoke against the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Halloween | ||||||||
DO you remember, Heart's Desire, The night when Hallowe'en first came? The newly dedicated fire, The hearth unsanctified by flame? How anxiously we swept the bricks (How tragic, were the draught not right!) And then the blaze enwrapped the sticks And filled the room with dancing light. We could not speak, but only gaze, Nor half believe what we had seen -- Our home, our hearth, our golden blaze, Our cider mugs, our Hallowe'en! And then a thought occurred to me -- We ran outside with sudden shout And looked up at the roof, to see Our own dear smoke come drifting out. And of all man's felicities The very subtlest one, say I, Is when, for the first time, he sees His hearthfire smoke against the sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IT'S HALLOWEEN by JACK PRELUTSKY THE ERL-KING by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY AN ECLOGUE by ROBERT FERGUSSON ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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