Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COUNSEL, by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL Poet's Biography First Line: No harvest shall they store Last Line: God love you, boy, god love you! Alternate Author Name(s): Carlin, Francis Subject(s): Advice; Harvest | ||||||||
No harvest shall they store Who squander hopes galore On May, nor mind September -- Remember, boy, remember! Though corn be ripe for hook, They'll wander off with brook To fairy fields unplanted -- Enchanted, boy, enchanted! And though their timothy Wait scythe, they'd rather see Diana's sickle mow it -- I know it, boy, I know it! But if, down autumn's day, You spend desires on May Nor heed what I'm professing -- My blessing, boy, my blessing! And should you haply sing Green leaves, while harvesting Their ghostly gold above you -- God love you, boy, God love you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STORM AT HOPTIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE LAST MAN by ELEANOR WILNER THE HOCK-CART, OR HARVEST HOME by ROBERT HERRICK HARVEST SONG by LUDWIG HENRICH CHRISTOPH HOLTY HARVEST MOON: 1914 by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY ANTIQUE HARVESTERS by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE POTATO HARVEST by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS THE VIRGIN'S SLUMBER SONG by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL |
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