Monday, April 12, 2010
classic poem #7
A Vagabond Song
There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood--
Touch of manner, hint of mood;
And my heart is like a rhyme,
With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.
The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry
Of bugles going by.
And my lonely spirit thrills
To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.
There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir;
We must rise and follow her,
When from every hill of flame
She calls and calls each vagabond by name.
By Bliss Carman (1861-1929)
Posted by Violet N. at 4:00 AM
Labels: classic poetry, National Poetry Month, nature
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1 comments:
This one's on my top 10 list, too. She calls and calls each vagabond by name.
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