Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT SOWERS, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, these are they that toil by night Last Line: The dews of peace perennial! Subject(s): Death; Night; Peace; Soldiers; War; Dead, The; Bedtime | ||||||||
Lo, these are they that toil by night With mattock and with spade, Beneath the flickering lanthorn light, In meadow and in glade! Row upon long and crowded row, How gruesome is the seed they sow! Back on the fair and furrowed lands The earth and sod they toss, And some, with reverential hands, Place here and there a cross, A simple rough-hewn cross as though To sanctify the seed they sow. Oh, may some flower of love arise Above the bruised sod, Some flower of love to greet the eyes, The grieving eyes of God! Some flower of love whereon shall fall The dews of peace perennial! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN |
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