Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAVINE PATH, by MAUD LUDINGTON CAIN First Line: This is not a path for heedless going Last Line: Healing and peace toward the unwished-for tomorrow. Subject(s): Hiking; Wilderness | ||||||||
This is not a path for heedless going -- A spur of rock, a blackly naked root Or crumbling ledge would snare the idle foot -- But lovelier reasons: one would not miss knowing Where star flowers lean against a shaggy shoulder Of old oak stump, or emerald shadows turn, Nearer, to feathery fountain-sprays of fern, Or mosses robe the knees of some gray boulder. This is not a path for eager seeking -- Here where wood violets peer from grassy dusk, And sweet earth smells taunt every breeze, like musk, There is no need for search, nor hurried speaking: Feet stumbling blindly, heavy with new-found sorrow, Need only pause, or follow through the winding Fragrance and hush, to earn reward in finding Healing and peace toward the unwished-for tomorrow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WILDERNESS MAN by CARL SANDBURG YOU, FAILED PRONOUN by ELEANOR WILNER THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS by WENDELL BERRY DO YOU FEAR THE WIND? by HAMLIN GARLAND INVERSNAID by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE CALL OF THE WILD by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE ABOVE PATE VALLEY by GARY SNYDER EROTIQUE by MAUD LUDINGTON CAIN |
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