Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUNA, by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL Poet's Biography First Line: When I was a little lad Last Line: Call me home. Subject(s): Homesickness | ||||||||
WHEN I was a little lad With folly on my lips, Fain was I for journeying All the seas in ships. But now across the southern swell, Every dawn I hear The little streams of Duna Running clear. When I was a young man, Before my beard was gray, All to ships and sailormen I gave my heart away. But I'm weary of the sea-wind, I'm weary of the foam, And the little stars of Duna Call me home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAINT OF THE DISGUSTED BRITON IN THE STATES by GEORGE SANTAYANA OUTSIDE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA by JAMES WRIGHT HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD by ROBERT BROWNING MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER HOMESICK BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES SEVEN TIMES SEVEN [- LONGING FOR HOME] by JEAN INGELOW SONNET: TO L.T. IN FLORENCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A CHILD'S SONG OF CHRISTMAS by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL |
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