Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCHOOL BOYS, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: There are lads who count the days Last Line: Opening out on every side. Subject(s): Children; Death; Freedom; Hearts; Life; Schools; Childhood; Dead, The; Liberty; Students | ||||||||
THERE are lads who count the days To the glad vacation time, And their hearts go truanting; Though they walk appointed ways Duteously, the home-bells chime In their ears, the home-birds sing, And they hear their cronies call To some game or festival. I could wish that death might come Like the respite to a task, Or a holiday hard-won. Life's long schooling burdensome Over now, so we may bask In a sense of duty done; In a sense of freedom wide Opening out on every side. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN by THOMAS LUX GRADESCHOOL'S LARGE WINDOWS by THOMAS LUX BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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