Close to my heart, the roads of men! Straight, or bent to their beautiful will, Down the valley and over the hill, Bravely bare to the threat of the seas, Explorer of forests, friendly of trees, Sweeping the curves of ample downs, Cloven and torn in the maze of towns, Cliff-road, river-road, upland and glen, Oh, the wonderful roads of men! Follow, I follow wherever they go! Cheery their call and their spell is sweet, Joy to the eye, a charm to the feet, -- Other men, many men, here before, Other men coming, more and more, These are the ways that my brothers take, Choose I them all for my brothers' sake, All would I enter and loverly know; Follow, I follow wherever they go! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SITTING by CECIL DAY LEWIS BUT NOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON REPULSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE MOTHER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE EXPANDED COMPOSITION by CLARENCE MAJOR |