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THE FIELDS by WITTER BYNNER

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOUGH WISDOM UNDERFOOT
Last Line: SMALL AS FORGET-ME-NOTS.
Subject(s): FIELDS; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS;

Though wisdom underfoot
Dies in the bloody fields,
Slowly the endless root
Gathers again and yields.

In fields where hate has hurled
Its force, where folly rots,
Wisdom shall be unfurled
Small as forget-me-nots.






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