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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ESCAPE, by LUCILE CHANDLER First Line: A tree or two upon the lawn Last Line: That, soaring, laughs at city lots. | |||
A tree or two upon the lawn Must represent the forest-aisles That I have longed to wander through When Nature wakes in spring and smiles. A little hill or two must stand For mountains I have never seen, A winding lane my thoroughfare To distant valleys in between. A patch of sky, a flower-bed, A tiny, cherished garden-plot, Compose my narrow hemisphere -- A world within a city lot. Though fate denies my dearest wish To see earth's ancient beauty-spots, No force can hold my spirit fast That, soaring, laughs at city lots. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHOOTING OF DAN MCGREW by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE EMPORIUM VERSUS NEW YORK, 1854 by JACOB BIGELOW EMILY BRONTE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES TO E.C. MARCHANT ESQ. by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB TRITON ESURIENS by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN LINES WRITTEN ON A BANK NOTE by ROBERT BURNS ON MISTRESS NEVILLE; TO THE GREEN SICKNESS by THOMAS CAREW |
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