Updated September 23, 2019 | Infoplease Staff SometimesThomas S. Jones, Jr.Across the fields of yesterday He sometimes comes to me, A little lad just back from play — The lad I used to be.And yet he smiles so wistfully Once he has crept within, I wonder if he hopes to see The man I might have been. Madison Cawein: The Path to the Woods The Little Book of Modern Verse Edna St. Vincent Millay: Renascence .com/t/poetry/modern-verse/sometimes.html Sources Our Common Sources