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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ESCAPE, by LUCILE CHANDLER First Line: A tree or two upon the lawn Last Line: That, soaring, laughs at city lots. | |||
A tree or two upon the lawn Must represent the forest-aisles That I have longed to wander through When Nature wakes in spring and smiles. A little hill or two must stand For mountains I have never seen, A winding lane my thoroughfare To distant valleys in between. A patch of sky, a flower-bed, A tiny, cherished garden-plot, Compose my narrow hemisphere -- A world within a city lot. Though fate denies my dearest wish To see earth's ancient beauty-spots, No force can hold my spirit fast That, soaring, laughs at city lots. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RAHEL TO VARNHAGEN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON MONTEREY [SEPTEMBER 23, 1846] by CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN E TENEBRIS [FROM THE SHADOWS] by OSCAR WILDE ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 15. TO THE EVENING STAR by MARK AKENSIDE SAY NO MORE OF ME by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD 1916 SEEN FROM 1921 by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 28 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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