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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EVENING FALLS, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography
First Line: At eve the horse is freed of plough or wain
Last Line: And see her children there!
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: At eve the horse is freed of plough or wain
Last Line: And see her children there!
Subject(s): Mothers
(1)
At eve the horse is freed of plough or wain,
And turns from labour into yearned rest!
The scattered sheep are gathering home again!
The crow is winging to a loved nest:
And to the den, in hedge or hill, once more
Go all who may:
(2)
Each mother listens now! Each is aware
That little feet have paused in field or street;
And she will hear
A knocking at the door
And open it,
And see her children there!
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