Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Ho! Green fields and running brooks
Last Line: Sing green fields and running brooks!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Brooks; Fields; Streams; Creeks; Pastures; Meadows; Leas


HO! green fields and running brooks!
Knotted strings and fishing-hooks
Of the truant, stealing down
Weedy back-ways of the town.

Where the sunshine overlooks,
By green fields and running brooks,
All intruding guests of chance
With a golden tolerance.

Cooing doves, or pensive pair
Of picnickers, straying there --
By green fields and running brooks,
Sylvan shades and mossy nooks!

And -- O Dreamer of the Days,
Murmurer of roundelays
All unsung of words or books,
Sing green fields and running brooks!





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