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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TYLER'S LANE, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: One day when I went walking
Last Line: Down there in tyler's lane.
Subject(s): Children; Friendship; Childhood
First Line: One day when I went walking
Last Line: Down there in tyler's lane.
Subject(s): Children; Friendship; Childhood
One day when I went walking
Down there in Tyler's lane,
I found a cur'yus pathway
That was never there again.
I wish I could remember
Which way the pathway led
But every time I try, it seems
To hide behind my head.
I know it had strange flowers,
Its birds were strange and shy,
And there I passed a little child
Who seemed as strange as I.
His eyes were like the eyes of birds
That always have been free—
I did not speak to him at all,
He did not speak to me,
But, suddenly, I seemed to know
Something I had forgot—
And now I never can be sure
Whether I did or not!
(I'd almost think I dreamed it,
Only I lost my hat—
A quick wind came and blew it off—
You can't dream things like that!)
I like my little playmates,
I like my brother Jim,
But when I find that stranger child
I'd rather play with him!
Perhaps, if I just wait around,
The path will come again—
That's why I often go to walk
Down there in Tyler's lane.
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