Oh! would that I were very far away Among the lanes, with hedges all around, Happily listening to the dreamy sound Of distant sheep-bells, smelling the new hay And all the wild-flowers scattered in my way: Or would that I were lying on some mound Where shade and butterflies and thyme abound, Beneath the trees, upon a sunny day: Or would I strolled beside the mighty sea, The sea before, and the tall cliffs behind; While winds from the warm south might tell to me How health and joy for all men are designed: -- But be I where I may, would I had thee, And heard thy gentle voice, my Mother kind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOOD-BYE DOROTHY GAYLE: THE ROAD TO BUFFALO by KAREN SWENSON THE CLOUDS: THE CLOUD CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE DESERTED HOUSE by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE HOW WE BEAT THE FAVOURITE by ADAM LINDSAY GORDON TO A CHAMELEON by MARIANNE MOORE SONNET TO A LADY ON THE DEATH OF MRS. --. by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |