WHEN silken ships put out to sea And the foam of the wave swings by, As the sunset isles of infancy Fade low on the fleece-bound sky; With sails a-gleam o'er the silver stream, They bend on the westward way To the golden glow of long ago, By the blue of the Boyhood Bay. There's a rainbow strand for Wonderland And a cove for the pirate boat; There's an emerald sward for the toy command To storm at the castle's moat; -- Oho! for the joy and the ways of the boy, For the day is eternal play In the golden glow of long ago, By the blue of the Boyhood Bay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE by MALCOLM COWLEY I WANT TO LIVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RETROSPECTION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JUDGE SELAH LIVELY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 4. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH LYGDAMUS by EZRA POUND |