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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE BORDER OF A FIELD, by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a picture once: blue, blue Last Line: Under my very feet I saw him lying there! Alternate Author Name(s): Lyman, W. W., Mrs. | |||
I saw a picture once: blue, blue Was the sky, over a wide field where flowers grew, And men were working there, digging and sowing, And men were coming and going With horses and ploughs, turning the soil, While a young girl, watching their toil, Stood with her lover, and children ran playing between. Vigor and sunshine made beautiful the old scene. But in a corner of the picture, where tree-roots had split And torn away the ground, I saw beneath the field an open pit, And in its hollow a skeleton was laid. The girl and her lover, the children as they played, Those who were digging and sowing, and the strong-armed ploughers They were not remembering death, and how the flowers And the fields and the trees had grown More richly for mouldered bodies. Of that man of bone Only I of the picture was aware. Under my very feet I saw him lying there! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRAVID by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) SUNSET by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) THE BRIDE AND THE MATRON by HELEN HOYT (1887-1972) CAVE PAINTING by HAYDEN CARRUTH HOW THE GREAT GUEST CAME by EDWIN MARKHAM SYMPATHETIC PORTRAIT OF A CHILD by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE GREAT LOVER by RUPERT BROOKE SUMMER IN ENGLAND, 1914 by ALICE MEYNELL BRUCE: HOW KING ROBERT WAS HUNTED BY THE SLEUTH-HOUND by JOHN BARBOUR |
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