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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAYSIDE INN; SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Set by the meadows, with great oaks to guard
Last Line: Songs that will echo sweet the ages down!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Guests; Hotels; Massachusetts; Visiting; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses
First Line: Set by the meadows, with great oaks to guard
Last Line: Songs that will echo sweet the ages down!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Guests; Hotels; Massachusetts; Visiting; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses
SET by the meadows, with great oaks to guard,
Huge as their kin for Sherwood's outlaw grew,
Oaks that the Indian's bow and wigwam knew
And by whose branches yet the sky is barred —
Lightning, nor flame, nor whirlwind evil-starred
Disturbed its calm; but, lapsing centuries through,
Peace kept its doors though war's wild trumpets blew;
And still it stands beside its oaks, unscarred.
Ah, happy hostelry, that Washington
And Lafayette among its guests can number,
With many a squire and dame of old renown! —
Happiest that from the Poet it has won
Tales that will ever keep its fame from slumber,
Songs that will echo sweet the ages down!
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