Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOMEWARD BOUND, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD


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First Line: Now the starry night is gone
Last Line: Of our childhood . . . Long ago!
Subject(s): Beauty; Children; Gardens & Gardening; Home; Lakes; Childhood; Pools; Ponds


Now the starry night is gone,
And the tender glow of dawn
Gilds the lightly-flowing fountain
And the music-breathing Faun;
Yet what is it, as we wake,
That impels us to forsake
All the glory of the garden
And the glamor of the lake?

There is softness in the air,
There is beauty everywhere,
And the charm of ancient story
Makes the scene divinely fair;
Yet at last the splendor pales,
And the light that lured us fails,
And we long to see the zephyrs
Fill our homeward-curving sails.

For, awaiting you and me,
Headed boldly for the sea,
Is a ship that strains her cable
In her efforts to be free;
Sailing homeward? Let us go!
If propitious breezes blow,
We shall reach again the country
Of our childhood . . . long ago!





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