Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Here you will find the Poem Like Crusoe, Walking by the Lonely Strand of poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Like Crusoe, Walking by the Lonely Strand

Like Crusoe, walking by the lonely strand 
And seeing a human footprint on the sand, 
Have I this day been startled, finding here, 
Set in brown mould, and delicately clear, 
Spring's footprint--the first crocus of the year! 
O sweet invasion! Farewell solitude! 
Soon shall wild creatures of the field and wood 
Flock from all sides with much ado and stir, 
And make of me most willing prisoner!