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HIS WISDOM: 6 YEARS OLD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: His feet whene'er they walk abroad
Last Line: Finds country in the end.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Children; Country Life; Roads; Wisdom; Childhood; Paths; Trails


(SIX YEARS OLD)

HIS feet whene'er they walk abroad
By city ways must wend;
Who cares? he says, since every road
Is country in the end.

Lover of daisies and the grass,
Tree, bird and flower his friend;
The dreary houses cease to pass,
All's country in the end.

The walls shut out the sun, the air,
Mean sights depress, offend;
Yet every street's a traveller
For country in the end.

His thoughts through smoke and shadows dull
Like the lark's song ascend.
Somewhere, he says, 'tis beautiful;
All's country in the end.

Beyond the clouds, beyond the smoke,
In a green space descend,
And meet with clear-eyed country-folk,
And country in the end.

Here moon and stars have dimmed their light,
Hard trouble's hard to mend;
Yet round some corner out of sight,
Lies country in the end.

Ho, traveller, take the stony road!
Up, hearts, though shoulders bend!
For even the hardest road, thank God,
Finds country in the end.





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