Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GATE, by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH


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THE GATE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The dust is thick along the road
Last Line: "shadowed cool by a cassia tree."
Alternate Author Name(s): Beston, Henry, Mrs.
Subject(s): Farm Life; Agriculture; Farmers


The dust is thick along the road;
The fields are scorching in the sun;
My wife has ever a bitter word
To greet me when the day is done.

The neighbors rest beside the gate
But half their words are high and shrill.
My son is over-young to help;
The fields are very hard to till.

But in the dusk I raise my eyes --
The poet's words come back to me:
"In the moon there is a white jade gate
Shadowed cool by a cassia tree."






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