Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIERCE ADVENTURES, by ANNETTE WYNNE First Line: Between the bookcase and the wall Last Line: I fear ye have not lived at all! Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Boys; Children; November; Childhood | ||||||||
BETWEEN the bookcase and the wall Is raised a castle, gray and tall, The desk top is a wooden moat, The rocking chair's a pirate boat, My little boy, turned six to-day, Has fierce adventures in his play. My little maid goes venturing, too, O bold grim robberswhat a crew! She helps to take the goldbut then She hurries back to home again For she must set the things for tea With beautiful house-wifery. The table's set upon the floor, The pirate marches in, And eats and eats and asks for more With true piratic din. O ye who never knew the life Of dragon-hunting, golden strife Of pirates on a windy sea Returning meekly home for tea; Who never heard the black knight's call I fear ye have not lived at all! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS by ANNETTE WYNNE |
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