Living
My Father's Halls
From The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Memorial Edition, Vol. I (1916)
Living
My father's halls, so rich and rare,
Are desolate and bleak and bare;
My father's heart and halls are one,
Since I, their life and light, am gone.
O, valiant knight, with hand of steel
And heart of gold, hear my appeal:
Release me from the spoiler's charms,
And bear me to my father's arms.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “My Father's Halls.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/554/.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “My Father's Halls.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/554/.
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