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MY FATHER'S HALLS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY FATHER'S HALLS, SO RICH AND RARE
Last Line: AND BEAR ME TO MY FATHER'S ARMS.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; FATHERS; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
My father's halls, so rich and rare,
Are desolate and bleak and bare;
My father's heart and halls are one,
Since I, their life and light, am gone.

O, valiant knight, with hand of steel
And heart of gold, hear my appeal:
Release me from the spoiler's charms,
And bear me to my father's arms.




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