Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRIMEAN INVALID SOLDIERS REAPING AT ALDERSHOT, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reap ye the ripe ripe corn Last Line: And the work of a thousand hands. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Crimean War (1853-1856); Veterans | ||||||||
REAP ye the ripe ripe corn, Ye have reap'd the green and the young, The fruits that were scarcely born, -- The fibres that just were strung. Ye have reaped, as the Destinies reap, The wit and the worth of Man, The tears that we vainly weep -- The deeds that we vainly plan. Now reap as the generous life Of the pregnant Earth commands, Each seed with a future rife, And the work of a thousand hands. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON SENDING HOME MY CIVILIAN CLOTHES by JOHN CIARDI HOMETOWN AFTER A WAR by JOHN CIARDI SERENADE IN A DRUGSTORE by JOHN CIARDI HOMELESS COMPLEYNT by ALLEN GINSBERG THE DOOR CLICKS. HE RETURNS TO ME' by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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