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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PLOUGH; A LANDSCAPE IN BERKSHIRE, by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE Poet's Biography First Line: Above yon sombre swell of land Last Line: Plough deep and straight with all your powers! Variant Title(s): In Berkshire Subject(s): Berkshire, England; Nature; Plowing & Plowmen | |||
ABOVE yon sombre swell of land Thou seest the dawn's grave orange hue, With one pale streak like yellow sand, And over that a vein of blue. The air is cold above the woods; All silent is the earth and sky, Except with his own lonely moods The blackbird holds a colloquy. Over the broad hill creeps a beam, Like hope that gilds a good man's brow; And now ascends the nostril-steam Of stalwart horses come to plough. Ye rigid Ploughmen! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours. Advance! spare not! nor look behind! Plough deep and straight with all your powers! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SILVER PLOUGH-BOY by WALLACE STEVENS TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY by ROBERT BURNS THE PLOUGHER [OR PLOWER] by PADRAIC COLUM PLOUGHING THE ROUGHLANDS by HELEN DUNMORE THE PLOUGHMAN by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES HARRY PLOUGHMAN by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS PELTERS OF PYRAMIDS by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE |
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