William H. Simpson. Homesick Song. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Homesick Song

By William H. Simpson


From “In Hopi-land and Other Lands” TO the staccato of the booming drum,
To the dance-step of moccasined feet,
And swaying of brown bodies,
They sang.

Said the very old man at the drum:	5
It is a homesick song—
Of lonesome deserts,
Of grinding the corn,
Of a roof overhead,
The love of woman;	10
And of the Path to the Sunset,
Where we go tomorrow.

Ah! then I knew;
Knew why it sang to my heart.