Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PATH IN THE SKY, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: The woods were dark, and the night was black Last Line: And walk on earth by the path in the sky. Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
The woods were dark and the night was black, And only an owl could see the track; Yet the cheery driver made his way Through the great pine woods as if it were day. I asked him, "How do you manage to see? The road and the forest are one to me." "To me as well," he replied, "and I Can only drive by the path in the sky." I looked above, where the treetops tall Rose from the road like an ebon wall, And lo! a beautiful starry lane Wound as the road wound and made it plain. And since, when the path of my life is drear And all is blackness and doubt and fear, When the horrors of midnight are here below And I see not a step of the way to go, Then, ah! then I can look on high, And walk on earth by the path in the sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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