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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NURSERY RHYME, by MARTIN CHESLEY First Line: On to babylon over the plain of time Last Line: A billion years and a burnt-out sun. | |||
On to Babylon over the plain of Time -- Two white horses and an old rhyme. On to somewhere -- every man alive! What does it matter if we never arrive? On to Bethlehem through a steep black pass -- Three grey camels and a long-eared ass. The way is weary but the oases green -- Six black horses and a ragged queen. On to Samarkand by the desert of lost things -- A crazy caravan and a yak with wings. On to Xanadu over the bridge of Dream -- A piebald nag and a stolen moonbeam. Let's go traveling -- the way is long -- A pocket full of stars and an old song. On to London town by a vanished lane -- A rocking-horse, a cockle-shell cross, And we'll never go home again. Let's go traveling -- oh, what fun! A billion years and a burnt-out sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12 by THOMAS CAMPION GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON COWBOY VERSUS BRONCHO by JAMES BARTON ADAMS COMMENDATORY VERSE FOR THE FAERIE QUEENE by H. B. THE TIME OF LOVE by FLORENCE E. BALDWIN CIVILL WARR by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |
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