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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON RECEIVING A DEER-SKIN, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography
First Line: With my bare feet on my deer-skin
Last Line: To the western wilds to-night.
Subject(s): Nature; Rivers
First Line: With my bare feet on my deer-skin
Last Line: To the western wilds to-night.
Subject(s): Nature; Rivers
With my bare feet on my deer-skin,
The firelight glowing bright,
In my old and creaky rocker
I sit alone to-night.
While imagination holds me
Within her fond embrace,
With the lithe, fleet-footed deer
I rove from place to place.
Far out among the western wilds,
Beyond the turbid tide
Of the Mississippi river,
Beyond prairies wide.
I gaze upon the geysers high,
And boiling springs of water,
I see the great Missouri where
Enormous cedars border.
I see the Indian's bark canoe
Adown its bosom dashing,
I see majestic cataracts
And hear their mighty splashing.
I see the panther and the wolf,
And birds with plumage rare,
I see the horned buffalo,
And shaggy, grizzly bear.
I wander through dark fastnesses
Where weird breezes blow,
I climb the craggy rugged peaks
Cered o'er with ice and snow.
Among the Rockies' vales I pluck
The brightest beauties strewn
By Flora's lavish hand, and find
Rare specimens of stone.
I thank you for this deer-skin rug
Before my fireside bright,
And my imaginative journey
To the western wilds to-night.
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