Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE ROSEBUD BRIDGE, by MARY FRANCES MARTIN First Line: They have bridged you, o missouri Last Line: The romance of yesteryear. Alternate Author Name(s): Cearnach, Conal Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Ferry Boats; Missouri; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
They have bridged you, O Missouri, Spanned your tawny flood with steel, Arched above your singing current Fair Ambition's sign and seal. Framed of steel and forged by labor, Fruit of countless hopes and fears, Woven into massive splendor Are the dreams of many years. Roadways thread the hills and valleys, Winding down to meet you, where High above your tawny beauty Spans a noble thoroughfare. Olden dreams are dreams no longer, They have bloomed with wondrous grace, In the bridge's towering splendor Hope's fulfillment do I trace. But I'm missing, O Missouri, Something that was dear to me, When the Ferry slipped her mooring On your current swinging free. Dodging sandbars, drifting with you, Swinging back against your tide, Gay Adventure rode the Ferry As it passed from side to side. Well I know it, O Missouri, It was time the deed was done; Time you wore the crown of progress, Time the binding web was spun. You will understand, Missouri, If today I drop a tear, For Adventure and the Ferry, The Romance of yesteryear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING DEO GRATIAS by MARY FRANCES MARTIN |
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