Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WAY, by COLETTA RYAN


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THE WAY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How shall I find you, oh, my dear?'
Last Line: "so loving, loitering, mount the steps -- no doubt I will be there."
Subject(s): Roads; Paths; Trails


"How shall I find you, oh, my dear?" I hear my true love say.
I answer through the lyric leaves: "Come down the ferny way,
You leave the old Post Road and pass long draperies of vine,
Till suddenly there winds for you the woodland road that's mine.
Follow the brook, the rushing brook, heady with last night's rain,
Forget-me-nots and jewel weed will flourish for your gain;
And pause a moment at the bridge, no matter how you long
To hasten, there's a Phoebe bird must have her little song.
Follow the brook and keep in step until you see aloft
Cascades of white wistaria, ethereal and soft,
No bridal veil was ever made more beautiful, more fair,
So loving, loitering, mount the steps -- no doubt I will be there."





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