Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LONG TRAIL: THE CORN LANDS, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL



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THE LONG TRAIL: THE CORN LANDS, by                    
First Line: And the corn-lands call! The long, long trail
Last Line: From the soft blue haze of the timber line.
Subject(s): Corn; Farm Life; Prairies; Roads; Agriculture; Farmers; Plains; Paths; Trails


And the corn-lands call! The long, long trail
Leads down to the flat-boat's clumsy flail
And the river-floods carry with broadening sweep
To the corn-belt's rim, with, dense and deep,
The slough's rank growth where the prairie-grass
Waves above horse and rider, and the mud morass
Sinks black, hub-deep. So mile on mile
The long trail flounders. But the prairies smile
From the dawn of day to the setting sun
And day on day till the weeks are run.
And ever the winds blow strong that pass
The bending, lifting prairie grass,
Starred and thick-set with blossom of weed,
Barbed and edged ranks of spike and reed,
Till the healing breath steals far and fine
From the soft blue haze of the timber line.





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