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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAGED EAGLE, by ROBERT CARY First Line: His eyes were on the ledger but his mind Last Line: Dreams steered his course but duty braced his will. | |||
His eyes were on the ledger but his mind Looked far beyond a dock three floors below His office window, far beyond the snow Of great majestic peaks, or trails that wind Through glistening woods, or prairies stern yet kind (Since old romance endears them), or where flow Waters as wild as Jersey's Ramapo He cruised and portages, half awake, half blind: Adventurer undaunted by a fate Not of his heart's own choosing, he could still Journey to distant ports -- arise, elate, To claim new suns or, sharing victory's thrill, Embark with sunset for the Golden Gate! -- Dreams steered his course but duty braced his will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THROUGH THE MEUSE-ARGONNE TODAY by ROBERT CARY TO ONE BEYOND DEATH'S PORTALS by ROBERT CARY MOUNTAIN WATER by SARA TEASDALE BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WE SAT DOWN AND WEPT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ON DONNE'S POETRY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE BLACK RIDERS: 9 by STEPHEN CRANE POPPIES IN THE WHEAT by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON THE MOUNTAIN ECHO by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FOR STURDY FEET by A. DOROTHEA BATES |
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