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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POHOQUALIN, by FRANK HILL PHILLIPS
First Line: Upon a castled crag a pine tree clings
Last Line: That leads them toward the distant waiting sea.
Subject(s): Rivers
First Line: Upon a castled crag a pine tree clings
Last Line: That leads them toward the distant waiting sea.
Subject(s): Rivers
Upon a castled crag a pine tree clings,
Above the Pohoqualin's measured flow,
And whispers to the river down below
The melody the wanton west wind brings.
And when the harper strikes its emerald strings
Upon the heights where green-gray lichens grow,
The winding waters pause as if to know
The secret of the song the pine tree sings.
For though the mountain barriers bid them stay,
They laugh to scorn its impotent decree.
Between the crumbling portals stern and gray
They gayly glide and chuckle in their glee.
For from the harper's song they've learned the way
That leads them toward the distant waiting sea.
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