Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRESIDE DREAMS, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY First Line: An old colonial fire-place! Last Line: To build a house around it. Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A. Subject(s): Fireplaces | ||||||||
AN old colonial fire-place! What memories cling around it! Such quaint carved frame, such hallowed stone, I'd often dreamed that I might own, And now at last I've found it. It graced a sporting squire's hall -- Those pegs once held his rifle -- Long years before the sordid clown, Who bought the mansion, tore it down And sold this for a trifle. He was, in truth, a sordid wretch This clod who took my money. "I wonder why folks get so daft About such junk," he said and laughed, As though he thought it funny. Poor wretch, indeed! What soul had he To conjure up the spirit of kindly cheer and olden grace That once endowed that fire-place, And still is hovering near it? But I, who've starved in rented flats, How could I help but love it? And so I've stored my prize away Against the coming of that day When I'll be master of it. And you, my friends, you, too, shall bless The happy day I found it, For I'll invite you all to call As soon as I've the wherewithal To build a house around it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VIERZIDE CHAIRS by WILLIAM BARNES HEARTH SONG by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 8. THE FIRESIDE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE COAL-FIRE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE OPEN FIRE by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST A WINTER-EVENING HYMN TO MY FIRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A CHARM; FOR OUR NEW FIREPLACE TO STOP ITS SMOKING by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY DEDICATION FOR A FIREPLACE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A DIXIE LULLABY by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY |
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