Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WAYSIDE, by JAMES HERBERT MORSE


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE WAYSIDE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There are some quiet ways
Last Line: Who only come for love.


THERE are some quiet ways --
Ay, not a few --
Where the affections grow,
And noble days
Distil a gentle praise
That, as cool dew,
Or aromatic gums
Within a bower,
In after-times becomes
A calm, perennial dower.

There wayside bush and briar!
These lend a grace,
Flashing a glad assent
To sweet desire.
All their interior choir
The woodlands place
At service to command;
Man need not know,
In such a favored land,
The ways that proud folk go.

Perhaps the day may be,
Dear heart of mine,
When riches press too near
Outside, and we,
To live unfettered, flee
The great and fine,
And hide our little home
In some deep grove,
Where they alone may come
Who only come for love.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net