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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EXILE, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography
First Line: Above him in the city street
Last Line: The sound of one girl's laughter came from half a world away.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Fathers; Memory; Mothers
First Line: Above him in the city street
Last Line: The sound of one girl's laughter came from half a world away.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Fathers; Memory; Mothers
ABOVE him in the city street,
The flame of noon increased;
With tumult as when armies meet,
Life urged her great and least;
'Mid din and turmoil, dust and heat,
Went driven man and beast.
He felt the salt wind on his face,
The wet sand at his feet;
He saw the white sails lift again,
He heard the singing sailor men
Above the combers' beat;
And half the way across the world the song came clear and sweet.
Above the dismal lodging hung
The heavy heat of day;
The swarming insects buzzed and clung;
Within the gas-light's ray
Men wrangled in an alien tongue,
Or slept as cattle may.
He felt the cool of dew-damp fields,
He heard the fiddles play
The old remembered dancing tune;
He saw the white midsummer moon,
And mocking -- luring -- gay,
The sound of one girl's laughter came from half a world away.
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