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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRAIL O' LOVE, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poet's Biography First Line: My love was swift and slender Last Line: "where ""forever"" lasts a mile!" Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Love | |||
My love was swift and slender As an antelope at play, And her eyes were gray and tender As the east at break o' day, And I sure was shaky hearted And her flower face was pale On that silver night we parted, When I sang along the trail: Foreverforever Oh, moon above the pine, Like the matin' birds in Springtime, I will twitter while you shine. Rich as ore with gold a-glowin', Sweet as sparklin' springs a-flowin', Strong as redwoods ever growin', So will be this love o' mine. I rode across the river And beyond the far divide, Till the echo of "forever" Staggered faint behind and died. For the long trail smiled and beckoned And the free wind blowed so sweet, That life's gayest tune, I reckoned, Was my hawse's ringin' feet. Foreverforever Oh, stars, look down and sigh, For a poison spring will sparkle And the trustin' drinker die. And a rovin' bird will twitter And a worthless rock will glitter And the maiden's love is bitter When the man's is proved a lie. Last the rover's circle guidin' Brought me where I used to be, And I met her, gaily ridin' With a smarter man than me. Then I raised my dusty cover But she didn't see nor hear, So I hummed the old tune over, Laughin' in my hawse's ear: Foreverforever Oh, sun, look down and smile If the snowflake specks the desert Or the yucca blooms awhile. Ay! what gloom the mountain covers Where the driftin' cloud shade hovers! Ay! the trail o' parted lovers, Where "forever" lasts a mile! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BORDER AFFAIR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A BAD HALF HOUR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A COWBOY'S PRAYER (WRITTEN FOR MOTHER) by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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