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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HILLTOP DUET, by EMMY VERONICA SANDERS First Line: Old vagabond wind Last Line: Brrr . . . | |||
The Tree Old Vagabond Wind, Will you never take root? Will you never settle down To the soil, And bear fruit? The Wind Old Stay-at-home Tree, Will you never take wing? Will you never break loose, And roam free Like a king? Both The earth is for you, And the air is for me -- But the poor little fishes, (Those little white fishes) Must stay in the sea, In the cold slimy sea -- Brrr . . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ASIAN BIRDS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES PICTURES OF MEMORY by ALICE CARY TOM MOONEY by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD by THEODORE O'HARA GOBLIN MARKET by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI NUPTIAL SLEEP by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SONGS OF NIGHT TO MORNING: 1. AT THE THEATRE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) ROMANCE by FRANCES HALLEY BROCKETT THE CHILD IN BLACK by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR A PRAYER USED BY FRANCIS I WHEN HE WAS AT WAR WITH CHARLES V by JOHN BYROM |
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