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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OFF TO COLLEGE, by JOSEPHINE POLLITT
First Line: She climbed into the wagon
Last Line: Her shadow would not go.
Subject(s): Farewell; Universities & Colleges; Parting
First Line: She climbed into the wagon
Last Line: Her shadow would not go.
Subject(s): Farewell; Universities & Colleges; Parting
She climbed into the wagon,
Bud roped the trunk on tight,
She rode beside her pappy
In the green twilight,
Down the mountain pathway;
Turning, she could see,
Single cabin chimney,
Puffing lonesomely.
Her eyes were on the stranger spires,
Far away and dense,
But all the while, her shadow ran
Clinging to the fence.
That miracle beyond the crest,
She was soon to know;
But when they jogged around the bend,
Her shadow would not go.
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