Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCHOOL, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poet's Biography First Line: I put my heart to school Last Line: "I find this school is home." Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Schools; Students | ||||||||
I PUT my heart to school In the world where men grow wise: "Go out," I said, "and learn the rule; "Come back when you win a prize." My heart came back again: "Now where is the prize?" I cried. -- "The rule was false, and the prize was pain, "And the teacher's name was Pride." I put my heart to school In the woods where veeries sing And brooks run clear and cool, In the fields where wild flowers spring. "And why do you stay so long, "My heart, and where do you roam?" The answer came with a laugh and a song, -- "I find this school is home." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN by THOMAS LUX GRADESCHOOL'S LARGE WINDOWS by THOMAS LUX LITTLE BOATIE'; A SLUMBER SONG FOR THE FISHERMAN'S CHILD by HENRY VAN DYKE |
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