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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF THE LAKE, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG
First Line: The city lies directly back
Last Line: "I am mushguma—michigan!"
Subject(s): Children; Singing & Singers; Childhood
First Line: The city lies directly back
Last Line: "I am mushguma—michigan!"
Subject(s): Children; Singing & Singers; Childhood
The city lies directly back
Of where my blue waves dance and play,
And countless children run along
My golden sands, the livelong day:
On the great squares of brick and stone
The teeming town, the busy mart,
I turn my back, and call my own
The spot where gay-robed bathers dart
Into my cool, refreshing spray
That breaks in steady rhythm on
The wide and ever-welcoming way,
Singing an old, familiar song:—
"Along my shores the red men ran—
I am Mushguma—Michigan!"
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