Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOME SONG, by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT Poet's Biography First Line: There is rain upon the window Last Line: For my own country. Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, D. C. Subject(s): Home; Patriotism | ||||||||
THERE is rain upon the window, There is wind upon the tree; The rain is slowly sobbing, The wind is blowing free: It bears my weary heart To my own country. I hear the whitethroat calling, Hid in the hazel ring; Deep in the misty hollows I hear the sparrows sing; I see the bloodroot starting, All silvered with the spring. I skirt the buried reed-beds, In the starry solitude: My snowshoes creak and whisper, I have my ready blood. I hear the lynx-club yelling, In the gaunt and shaggy wood. I hear the wolf-tongued rapid Howl in the rocky break; Beyond the vines at the portage I hear the trapper wake His En roulant ma boule From the clear gloom of the lake. O! take me back to the homestead, To the great rooms warm and low, Where the frost creeps on the casement, When the year comes in with snow. Give me, give me the old folk Of the dear long ago. Oh, land of the dusky balsam, And the darling, maple tree, Where the cedar buds and berries, And the pine grows strong and free! My heart is weary and weary For my own country. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHINE, REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN LAMENTS FOR THE WAR-DEAD: 6 by YEHUDA AMICHAI A CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR by EDWIN MARKHAM A SONG OF VICTORY by EDWIN MARKHAM BROTHERHOOD (1) by EDWIN MARKHAM THE ERRAND IMPERIOUS by EDWIN MARKHAM AT THE CEDARS by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT |
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