Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COWSLIPS AND LARKS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hear it said yon land is poor Last Line: Are many a sunny mile from here. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Environment; Fields; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Pastures; Meadows; Leas | ||||||||
I HEAR it said yon land is poor, In spite of those rich cowslips there -- And all the singing larks it shoots To heaven from the cowslips' roots. But I, with eyes that beauty find, And music ever in my mind, Feed my thoughts well upon that grass Which starves the horse, the ox, and ass. So here I stand, two miles to come To Shapwick and my ten-days-home, Taking my summer's joy, although The distant clouds are dark and low, And comes a storm that, fierce and strong, Has brought the Mendip Hills along: Those hills that, when the light is there, Are many a sunny mile from here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNTING PHEASANTS IN A CORNFIELD by ROBERT BLY THREE KINDS OF PLEASURES by ROBERT BLY QUESTION IN A FIELD by LOUISE BOGAN THE LAST MOWING by ROBERT FROST FIELD AND FOREST by RANDALL JARRELL AN EXPLANATION by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IN FIELDS OF SUMMER by GALWAY KINNELL A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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