WHEN I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes the garden path. And when I come to the garden ground, The whir of sober birds Up from the tangle of withered weeds Is sadder than any words. A tree beside the wall stands bare, But a leaf that lingered brown, Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought, Comes softly rattling down. I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HERETIC: 3. MOCKERY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 27 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THREE BLIND MICE by MOTHER GOOSE SONNET: 5 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE TO DEATH OF HIS LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON |