Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOMESICKNESS, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poet's Biography First Line: Where I am, the halls are gilded Last Line: Where I fain would be! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Homesickness | ||||||||
WHERE I am, the halls are gilded, Stored with pictures bright and rare; Strains of deep melodious music Float upon the perfumed air: -- Nothing stirs the dreary silence Save the melancholy sea, Near the poor and humble cottage, Where I fain would be! Where I am, the sun is shining, And the purple windows glow, Till their rich armorial shadows Stain the marble floor below: -- Faded autumn leaves are trembling On the withered jasmine-tree, Creeping round the little casement, Where I fain would be! Where I am, the days are passing O'er a pathway strewn with flowers; Song and joy and starry pleasures Crown the happy, smiling hours: -- Slowly, heavily, and sadly, Time with weary wings must flee, Marked by pain, and toil, and sorrow, Where I fain would be! Where I am, the great and noble Tell me of renown and fame, And the red wine sparkles highest To do honor to my name: -- Far away a place is vacant, By a humble hearth, for me, Dying embers dimly show it, Where I fain would be! Where I am are glorious dreamings, Science, genius, art divine; And the great minds whom all honor Interchange their thoughts with mine: -- A few simple hearts are waiting, Longing, wearying, for me, Far away, where tears are falling, Where I fain would be! Where I am, all think me happy, For so well I play my part, None can guess, who smile around me, How far distant is my heart, -- Far away, in a poor cottage, Listening to the dreary sea, Where the treasures of my life are, Where I fain would be! | 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 DOUBTING HEART by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER |
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