Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD HOUSE, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My little birds, with backs as brown Last Line: In that new house not made with hands! Subject(s): Childhood Memories | ||||||||
MY little birds, with backs as brown As sand, and throats as white as frost, I've searched the summer up and down, And think the other birds have lost The tunes you sang, so sweet, so low, About the old house, long ago. My little flowers, that with your bloom So hid the grass you grew upon, A child's foot scarce had any room Between you, -- are you dead and gone? I've searched through fields and gardens rare, Nor found your likeness anywhere. My little hearts, that beat so high With love to God, and trust in men, Oh, come to me, and say if I But dream, or was I dreaming then, What time we sat within the glow Of the old house hearth, long ago? My little hearts, so fond, so true, I searched the world all far and wide, And never found the like of you: God grant we meet the other side The darkness 'twixt us now that stands, In that new house not made with hands! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS THINKING OF THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL HELP ME TO SALT, HELP ME TO SORROW by JUDY JORDAN THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE THE DOGWOOD THE ANSWER by ROBERT KELLY A BOY GOES INTO THE WORLD by JANE KENYON DRAWING FROM THE PAST by JANE KENYON THE POOL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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