"When I go out, And darks descend," One said, "I'd like To be a wind." Another cried, "I'd go afar; I'd be the gold Of a shining star." Water, one thought, He'd like to be, And sing away To a shining sea. Another said, "Oh, I'd be light. I hate the dark Fret in the night." The last one said, "Clay from my birth Contented I Return to earth. "I shall know winds And be caressed By waters pressing My warm breast. "Stars shall gleam on Me goldenly; And light shall bring My own to me. "I would be earth No less, no more; I'd pass serene Back through the door." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LONDON'S SUMMER MORNING by MARY DARBY ROBINSON THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM by ROBERT SOUTHEY MUIOPOTMOS, OR THE FATE OF THE BUTTERFLIE by EDMUND SPENSER ROSAMUND: ROSAMOND'S SONG by JOSEPH ADDISON THE NATIVE LAND by FRANCISCO DE ALDANA SPANISH WINGS: A LEAF FROM A LOG BOOK by H. BABCOCK |