Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGE, by BERTHA PALMER LANE First Line: I hear an old man's voice Last Line: Far off. Subject(s): Old Age; Wellesley College | ||||||||
I HEAR an old man's voice Talking, talking Far off. It sounds like a brook Murmuring over stones As it winds in and out Among meadow grasses Where bees are humming. On and on the brook goes. I kneel down at its edge Listening, Listening To the dreamy sound. The brook goes on Across the meadow wide Until it reaches two high rocks Between which it slips out of sight To a land I cannot see. I hear an old man's voice Talking, talking Far off. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES WRITTEN TO A TRANSLATOR OF GREEK POETRY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON THE LESSER BEAUTY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON WORK by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON IN MEMORY: MISS JEWETT by GRACE ALLERTON ANDREWS HERE ENTER NOT by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON I CLEANED MY HOUSE TODAY by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON MY GARDEN by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON ON LIBERTY AND SLAVERY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EBB by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY TO MR. THOMAS SOUTHERNE, ON HIS BIRTHDAY, 1742 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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