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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR A WAYSIDE INSCRIPTION, by STARK YOUNG Poet's Biography First Line: Traveller, who goest on this western road Last Line: Then pause to hear his sigh among the leaves. | |||
Traveller, who goest on this western road That runs beyond the sunset and the hills, A lover asks thee this: When thou dost come Unto the river, where the pine tree stands, There at the ford, beside the happy waves; Whether the sun or stars be mirrored there, And thou gone forth or nearing thy sweet home, Make thou this prayer -- May the hard fates be kind To one whose fairest days were here, who once Along these lovely sands beneath the moon Walked with the love that now is false to him. Then pause to hear his sigh among the leaves. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE QUEEN OF SHEBA by STARK YOUNG TREKKING THE HILLS OF NORTHERN THAILAND by KAREN SWENSON A DOUBLE BALLAD OF GOOD COUNSEL by FRANCOIS VILLON THE RIDDLERS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FAREWELL TO ARMS by GEORGE PEELE THE LAST LANDLORD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THIS STORY MORALIZED by WILLIAM BASSE |
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