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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM MY HOSPITAL WINDOW, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: I see from my hospital window
Last Line: With the conquering eyes of health!
Subject(s): Hospitals; Sickness; Illness
First Line: I see from my hospital window
Last Line: With the conquering eyes of health!
Subject(s): Hospitals; Sickness; Illness
I see from my hospital window
A cherished and beautiful lawn.
The birds in its clustering tree-tops
With jubilance welcome the dawn.
Beyond it the courteous meadows
Make offerings all the day long,
The golden green of the sunlight,
The elm-trees laden with song.
Soft-framing the exquisite picture,
A circle of forested hills
Lifts lightly the vision to heaven,
Away from earth's challenging ills.
Ah, lovely the scene of enchantment!
And yet, had I magical might,
I'd change the whole for an alley,
A gloomy and pitiful sight,
If only through wretchedest windows
(O dream of imperial wealth!)
I could look on that pitiful alley
With the conquering eyes of health!
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