A boy should have an open fireplace To sit beside, a place to warm his feet And have the peace of firelight on his face. A boy should know the songs that wood worms sing In burning logs in wintertime, as well As those of robins on the boughs in spring. Aside from these, a hearth, like a meadow's stream, Has a strange old way of making boys sit down And dream of being men -- and boys should dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: FLETCHER MCGEE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS VARIATIONS: 10 by CONRAD AIKEN SPOT SIX DIFFERENCES by MARVIN BELL ETERNITY BLUES by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOREST FLOWERS by ROBERT FROST |