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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXILE, by EMILY TELLER
First Line: When I go home again...'
Last Line: "-- when you have reached there!"
Subject(s): Homecoming
First Line: When I go home again...'
Last Line: "-- when you have reached there!"
Subject(s): Homecoming
"When I go home again ..."
"Home?", a voice queries.
"To a small southern town
Of cotton and ferries ...
"To my parents and room.
We shall sit and be still
While the sun sinks to red
On the low-mound hill ..."
But the voice, tired of waiting,
Gives threat to the air:
"You will name this place 'Home',
-- When you have reached there!"
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