Hot youth ever is a ranger,
New scenes ever its desire;
Cauld Eild, doubtfu’ o’ the stranger,
Thinks but o’ haudin’ in the fire.
Midway, the wanderer is weary,
Fain he’d be turnin’ in his prime
Hamewith–the road that’s never dreary,
Back where his heart is a’ the time.
(Charles Murray)
More Poetry from Charles Murray:
Charles Murray Poems based on Topics: Time, Fire, Desire- Fae France (Charles Murray Poems)
- The Alien (Charles Murray Poems)
- A Sough O' War (Charles Murray Poems)
- Hame (Charles Murray Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Time Poems, Fire Poems, Desire PoemsBased on Keywords: ranger, turnin, eild, haudin, doubtfu
- The Vision Of Piers Plowman - Part 14 (William Langland Poems)
- Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. - Canto I. (Matthew Prior Poems)
- Convict Once - Part Second. (James Brunton Stephens Poems)
- Hermann And Dorothea - IX. Urania (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
- The Believer's Espousals : Chapter I. (Ralph Erskine Poems)