Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO VERMONTERS IN HEAVEN, by ERNEST F. JOHNSTONE First Line: I dreamed that I went to the city of gold Last Line: "then hikes his way back to vermont." Subject(s): Vermont | ||||||||
I dreamed that I went to the City of Gold, To Heaven resplendent and fair, And after I entered that beautiful fold By one in authority there I was told That not a Vermonter was there. "Impossible, sir, for from my own town Many sought this delectable place, And each must be there with a harp or a crown, And a conqueror's palm and a clean linen gown, Received through a merited grace." The Angel replied: "All Vermonters come here When first they depart from the earth, But after a day, or a month, or a year They restless and homesick and lonesome appear, And sigh for the land of their birth. "They tell of ravines, wild, secluded and deep And of flower-decked landscapes serene; Of towering mountains, imposing and steep, A-down which the torrents exultingly leap, Through forests perennially green. "They tell of the many and beautiful hills, Their forests majestic appear, They tell of its rivers, its lakes, streams and rills, Where nature, the purest of water distills, And they soon get dissatisfied here. "We give them the best the Kingdom provides; They have everything here that they want, But not a Vermonter in heaven abides; A very brief period here he resides, Then hikes his way back to Vermont." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ORATION: HALF-MOON IN VERMONT by NORMAN DUBIE THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S ANNUAL by NORMAN DUBIE THE CROWS AT 3 A.M. by STANLEY PLUMLY ALBANY BUS STATION by RUTH STONE FALL COMES IN BACK-COUNTRY VERMONT by ROBERT PENN WARREN A SNOW-STORM; SCENE IN A VERMONT WINTER by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY RHYME FOR A CHILD VIEWING A NAKED VENUS IN A PAINTING by ROBERT BROWNING |
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