Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMING BACK, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE


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First Line: I daresay if I were to tell
Last Line: I miss the little plates of brass!
Subject(s): Homesickness


I DARESAY if I were to tell,
What I do miss or here or there,
In this old town I love so well --
What shrill of laughter down the air!
Each door was wide and painted white;
And every day its plate of brass,
A small maid-servant polished bright,
Until it shone like any glass.
Each Covenanter name stood plain,
A mellow mouthful, yet pricked through
With fighting yesters, heard again
Like clash of spears across the dew.
A hundred things and more are gone
In this old town where'er I pass;
But most of all, from dawn to dawn,
I miss the little plates of brass!






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