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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOWLINESS, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography
First Line: At purple twilight when the snow lies deep
Last Line: Near foddered kine and faithfully folded sheep.
Subject(s): Evening; Hearts; Memory; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: At purple twilight when the snow lies deep
Last Line: Near foddered kine and faithfully folded sheep.
Subject(s): Evening; Hearts; Memory; Sunset; Twilight
At purple twilight when the snow lies deep
And the cold stars are waking from day-sleep,
When farm lights kindle warmly through bare woods
Where screech-owls huddle softly in brown hoods,
My heart turns, gently humbled, in my breast
Toward simple things that age-long use has blessed:
A wood-fire on a cottage hearth; a shelf
With the Good Book to teach myself my self.
A child to lean and learn beside my knee,
Or hers, who has been wife and child to me.
A quiet bed and unperplexing sleep
Near foddered kine and faithfully folded sheep.
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