Carry me out <br />Into the wind and the sunshine, <br />Into the beautiful world. <br /> <br />O, the wonder, the spell of the streets! <br />The stature and strength of the horses, <br />The rustle and echo of footfalls, <br />The flat roar and rattle of wheels! <br />A swift tram floats huge on us . . . <br />It's a dream? <br />The smell of the mud in my nostrils <br />Blows brave-like a breath of the sea! <br /> <br />As of old, <br />Ambulant, undulant drapery, <br />Vaguery and strangely provocative, <br />Fluttersd and beckons. O, yonder - <br />Is it?-the gleam of a stocking! <br />Sudden, a spire <br />Wedged in the mist! O, the houses, <br />The long lines of lofty, grey houses, <br />Cross-hatched with shadow and light! <br />These are the streets . . . <br />Each is an avenue leading <br />Whither I will! <br /> <br />Free . . . ! <br />Dizzy, hysterical, faint, <br />I sit, and the carriage rolls on with me <br />Into the wonderful world.<br /><br />William Ernest Henley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/discharged/
