Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HARVEST-HOME (2), by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: All day we watched the unintermitted fume Last Line: And the hinds supt, and slept a happy sleep. Subject(s): Harvest | ||||||||
All day we watched the unintermitted fume Of clouds, but still there was no downward rush Of rain; then evening came and brought a flush Of windy redness, in the place of gloom; None but sweet hues and pleasant airs remained; The dry light gust that swept the dancing sprays, And a white moon, astir in rosy haze Above our latest labours; none complained Of that sharp toil. The sheaves flew fast and thick From fork to fork, to feed the growing rick; Each waved its farewell, as it took the leap; Some blest the God of harvest, some their luck; The horses' weary feet their threshold struck, And the hinds supt, and slept a happy sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STORM AT HOPTIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE LAST MAN by ELEANOR WILNER THE HOCK-CART, OR HARVEST HOME by ROBERT HERRICK HARVEST SONG by LUDWIG HENRICH CHRISTOPH HOLTY HARVEST MOON: 1914 by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY ANTIQUE HARVESTERS by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE POTATO HARVEST by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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