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GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: HO! GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS
Last Line: SING GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS!
Subject(s): BROOKS; FIELDS; STREAMS; CREEKS; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS;

HO! green fields and running brooks!
Knotted strings and fishing-hooks
Of the truant, stealing down
Weedy back-ways of the town.

Where the sunshine overlooks,
By green fields and running brooks,
All intruding guests of chance
With a golden tolerance.

Cooing doves, or pensive pair
Of picnickers, straying there --
By green fields and running brooks,
Sylvan shades and mossy nooks!

And -- O Dreamer of the Days,
Murmurer of roundelays
All unsung of words or books,
Sing green fields and running brooks!



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