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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOSTALGIA, by ELEANOR VOSWINKEL
First Line: I hear the tread of many restless feet
Last Line: God speaks, and faith and courage are reborn.
Subject(s): Nostalgia
First Line: I hear the tread of many restless feet
Last Line: God speaks, and faith and courage are reborn.
Subject(s): Nostalgia
I hear the tread of many restless feet,
The thunder of the subway's distant roar;
A never ending, angry, rhythmic beat,
Like waves that madly pound upon the shore.
From deeply canyoned streets the echoes ring,
Discordant, shrill, they slowly lift and rise;
The giant smoke-stacks hourly belch and fling
An ebon pall that ever dims our eyes.
I weary of the city's din and light,
And long for purpled hill and wide-flung plain;
The song of crickets in the quiet night,
The healing touch of mist, the gentle rain;
Where in the silent peace of glowing morn,
God speaks, and faith and courage are reborn.
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