Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BEST ROAD OF ALL, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poet's Biography First Line: I like a road that leads away to prospects white and fair Last Line: But, best of all, I love a road that leads to god knows where. Subject(s): Nature; Roads; Paths; Trails | ||||||||
I like a road that leads away to prospects white and fair, A road that is an ordered road, like a nun's evening prayer;But, best of all, I love a road that leads to God knows where. You come upon it suddenlyyou cannot seek it out; It's like a secret still unheard and never noised about; But when you see it, gone at once is every lurking doubt. It winds beside some rushing stream where aspens lightly quiver; It follows many a broken field by many a shining river; It seems to lead you on and on, forever and forever! You tramp along its dusty way, beneath its shadowy trees, And hear beside you chattering birds or happy booming bees, And all around you golden sounds, the green leaves' litanies. And here's a hedge, and there's a cot: and thenstrange, sudden turns A dip, a rise, a little glimpse where the red sunset burns; A bit of sky at evening time, the scent of hidden ferns. A winding road, a loitering road, a finger-mark of God Traced when the Maker of the world leaned over ways untrod. See! Here He smiled His glowing smile, and lo, the golden-rod! I like a road that wanders straight; the King's highway is fair, And lovely are the sheltered lanes that take you here and there; But, best of all, I love a road that leads to God knows where. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HE FINDS THE MANSION by JAMES MCMICHAEL BY DIFFERENT PATHS by MARVIN BELL DRIVING HOME by MADELINE DEFREES ART IS PARALLEL TO NATURE by CLARENCE MAJOR HIGHWAY 2, ILLINOIS by LISEL MUELLER CITY ROOFS by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE |
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