Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SWALLOWS, by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL Poet's Biography First Line: O little hearts, beat home, beat home Last Line: A place where wandering wings may sleep. Subject(s): Swallows | ||||||||
O LITTLE hearts, beat home, beat home, Here is no place to rest. Night darkens on the falling foam And on the fading west. O little wings, beat home, beat home. Love may no longer roam. O, Love has touched the fields of wheat And Love has crowned the corn, And we must follow Love's white feet Through all the ways of morn. Through all the silver roads of air We pass and have no care. The silver roads of Love are wide, O winds that turn, O stars that guide. Sweet are the ways that Love has trod Through the clear skies that reach to God. But in the cliff-grass Love builds deep A place where wandering wings may sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIXTH-MONTH SONG IN THE FOOTHILLS by GARY SNYDER SWALLOW FLIGHT by SARA TEASDALE EACH SUMMER'S SWALLOWS by JOHN UPDIKE THE DEPARTURE OF THE SWALLOW by WILLIAM HOWITT THE BLUE SWALLOWS by HOWARD NEMEROV THE CLIFF SWALLOWS by DEBRA NYSTROM A CHILD'S SONG OF CHRISTMAS by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL |
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