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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLACE OF YESTERDAY, by FAY LEWIS NOBLE First Line: Long afterwards you return Last Line: "on this place of yesterday!" | |||
Long afterwards you return To the cherished place, the place where you were born. You try not to see The once spacious house as small, Nor that the insurmountable garden wall Might be scaled rather easily. A look down a shortened path reveals The strangely shrunken brook. The remembered taste of apples from the ground, Sets you seeking fruit that is sound, Hoping maturity caused its fall. But the trees are lovely and tall, And the grove is no longer fearsome nor could be Even after dark. Its green aisles are more serene than any peopled park. You turn a twisted smile Into one that is tolerant and wise, And you say: "How arrogantly the present spies On this place of yesterday!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUTH THAT NEVER DIES by FAY LEWIS NOBLE INTO BATTLE by JULIAN GRENFELL SUMMER IN ENGLAND, 1914 by ALICE MEYNELL THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by EDWIN ARNOLD MORNING MIST by MABEL WARREN ARNOLD ON THE DEATH OF CYNTHIA'S HORSE by PHILIP AYRES |
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