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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAVID, by MARIAN STORM First Line: Did you go this way? The alders trembled Last Line: And a word I could not understand. Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.) | |||
Did you go this way? The alders trembled. All of a sudden the katydids kept still. Did you take the short cut through the dead tansy, And no moon to help you down the steep hill? Hours together the panther on the mountain Has cried like a woman, sounding very near. I went down the lane once to touch the warm oxen. Did he go this way? No, not here. The barn cat walked the wall along the cornfield, Hunting like a shadow. The owl peered low. I'm looking for the dark boy -- Did he go this way? The corn shocks rustled. The field breathed No. The bats had gone. The horses never heard me Coming through the pasture; they stamped in their sleep. Did you leave a footprint here in the lowground? No one could find it; the hardhack's deep. Hardhack and boneset, brown-lipped snakeroot, Paths that my feet know, help my sight! Didn't you feel him? Did he go this way? Who else would stir you in the middle of the night? A black frost is harvesting; clips off the shagbarks; Crumples up flowers with a crazy hand. He went past me with a face like silver And a word I could not understand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON APOCRYPHAL SOLILOQUIES by LOUIS UNTERMEYER KING DAVID by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET SECOND SAMUEL: 1. DAVID'S LAMENT OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE INTRODUCTION by ANNE FINCH THAT HARP YOU PLAY SO WELL by MARIANNE MOORE A SONG TO DAVID by CHRISTOPHER SMART THE CHIEF AMONG TEN THOUSAND (SONG OF SOLOMON) by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR |
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