Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FARMERS, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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First Line: I watch the farmers in their fields
Last Line: Wisdom and discontent?
Variant Title(s): Agricolae
Subject(s): Farm Life; God; Love; Quarrels; Rain; Agriculture; Farmers; Arguments; Disagreements


I watch the farmers in their fields
And marvel secretly.
They are so very calm and sure,
They have such dignity.

They know such simple things so well,
Although their learning's small,
They find a steady, brown content
Where some find none at all.

And all their quarrelings with God
Are soon made up again;
They grant forgiveness when He sends
His silver, tardy rain.

Their pleasure is so grave and full
When gathered crops are trim,
You know they think their work was done
In partnership with Him.

Then, why, when there are fields to buy,
And little fields to rent,
Do I still love so foolishly
Wisdom and discontent?





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