|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOKE'S POINT, by FRANCES HATHAWAY First Line: A tongue of land thrust out to lap the bay Last Line: The last free remnant of a people go. | |||
A tongue of land thrust out to lap the bay Of shoals, where pines lean backward from the sea, And wide white beaches stretch in wanton plea, Smiling and beckoning the sun to stay. Beaches where the tribesmen's dugouts lay Before their deerskin lodges. There a free People lived proudly, bowed no subject knee, Nor knew foreboding of a darker day. That day the white man and his cattle trail Invaded northwest wildness, and a young Girl's laugh rang out. Her laugh the red man's wail, Stilling all laughter as a requiem rung. The white men bring their women! Sad and slow The last free remnant of a people go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SILVERSIDES by FRANCES HATHAWAY ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL by JOHN BYROM MY PICTURE LEFT IN SCOTLAND by BEN JONSON THE GIFT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 11 by ALFRED TENNYSON APOLLO AND DAPHNE by PHILIP AYRES OVER THE ROSE-LEAVES, UNDER THE ROSE by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) THE BLUDE RED ROSE AT YULE by ROBERT BURNS |
| |