Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PLACE I KNOW, by CLINTON SCOLLARD


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A PLACE I KNOW, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a place I know
Last Line: It is a place of dreams.
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


There is a place I know,
A plot of turfy ground,
Where amber waters flow
With an ebullient sound;
And yet despite their noise
That never seems to cease,
It is a place of joys,
It is a place of peace.

The air is clear and thin;
It has the tang of wine;
The sunlight filters in
Through braided boughs of pine.
A casual dragon-fly
Will tilt then disappear;
A butterfly flit by
And dart and dip and veer.

And there are banks above,
With copses either side,
Where mating birds make love
From dawn to even-tide;
Outstretched upon the moss
In this dear place I know,
I watch them flit across,
The wren and vireo.

When I would flee the rout
Of cares that will intrude,
Then I alone seek out
This sylvan solitude;
Therein I may divest
My soul of sordid schemes;
It is a place of rest;
It is a place of dreams.





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