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Poem
April 12, 1934
The Western News
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana
What is this article about?
Nostalgic poem evoking childhood memories of rural meadows filled with collie dogs, buttercups, birds, butterflies, and scents, culminating in the sorrowful realization that the childhood home has fallen into ruin.
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MEADOWS OF
MEMORY
Across the meadows of my memory
A collie dog comes running
The buttercups are growing happily,
The quail are sunning.
A meadow lark is whistling from the fence
A rail fence sprawling-
And I can hear through thickets green and dense,
The crickets calling
The butterflies are wheeling in the sun.
The locust trees are sending
Their perfume to a child-a lonely one
Whose day is ending.
When in the West the banners of the night
Display their beauty,
A little girl will take her bedtime flight
A tiresome duty.
My room still stands within my memory.
I see each low brown rafter.
Then I remember-though I long to be
Where childish laughter
Made every hour of living a refrain,
Serene and glowing
The house is tumbled down, and in the lane
The weeds are growing.
(Copyright.)--WNU Service
MEMORY
Across the meadows of my memory
A collie dog comes running
The buttercups are growing happily,
The quail are sunning.
A meadow lark is whistling from the fence
A rail fence sprawling-
And I can hear through thickets green and dense,
The crickets calling
The butterflies are wheeling in the sun.
The locust trees are sending
Their perfume to a child-a lonely one
Whose day is ending.
When in the West the banners of the night
Display their beauty,
A little girl will take her bedtime flight
A tiresome duty.
My room still stands within my memory.
I see each low brown rafter.
Then I remember-though I long to be
Where childish laughter
Made every hour of living a refrain,
Serene and glowing
The house is tumbled down, and in the lane
The weeds are growing.
(Copyright.)--WNU Service
What sub-type of article is it?
Pastoral
Elegy
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Childhood Memory
Meadows
Nostalgia
Nature
Lost Home
Poem Details
Title
Meadows Of Memory
Subject
Nostalgic Reflection On Childhood In Rural Meadows
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
A Collie Dog Comes Running
The House Is Tumbled Down, And In The Lane
The Weeds Are Growing.