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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE AND THE ROAD, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The little road says, go
Last Line: When a little road says, go.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs.
Subject(s): Home; Wandering & Wanderers
First Line: The little road says, go
Last Line: When a little road says, go.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs.
Subject(s): Home; Wandering & Wanderers
The little Road says, Go,
The little House says, Stay:
And O, it's bonny here at home,
But I must go away.
The little Road, like me,
Would seek and turn and know;
And forth I must, to learn the things
The little Road would show!
And go I must, my dears,
And journey while I may,
Though heart be sore for the little House
That had no word but Stay.
Maybe, no other way
Your child could ever know
Why a little House would have you stay,
When a little Road says, Go.
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