write a song of ithaca

“Write a song of Ithaca,
Write a song today!”

“What is there to write about?
How oft the skies are gray?”

“Write a song of Ithaca,
Write of the leaves that fall.”

“Walt won’t have written “Leaves of Grass”
If he had to sweep them all!”

“Write a song of Ithaca,
Write of the fallow deer!”

“Of fallow deer? My fellow men
Would laugh at me, I fear.”

“Write a song of Ithaca,
Of Christmas when it snows.”

“The white is not so sweet a sight
When it’s on your ears and nose!”

“Write a song of Ithaca;
At least, write one for me!”

“Ah! that I’ll do, for without you
I’d long have left for sea!”