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THE MYSTERY by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS UP AND DOWN THE WORLD I GO
Last Line: WHERE'ER -- I KNOW THAT IT WAS HOME.
Subject(s): HOME;

AS up and down the world I go,
All ancient do the places show;
The gardens full of honey bees,
The roofs, the high and windy trees.
April begins. The half-grown pear,
Out in the lane buds white and fair;
Long since -- for I can see it plain --
It blossomed in just such a lane.
This tender light upon the glass,
Long since I saw across the grass,
Perhaps in Rouen, perhaps in Rome;
Where'er -- I know that it was home.




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