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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PLOUGHMAN, by KARLE WILSON BAKER Poet's Biography First Line: God will not let my field lie fallow Last Line: He will not let my field lie fallow. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Charlotte Subject(s): God; Plowing & Plowmen | |||
God will not let my field lie fallow. The ploughshare is sharp, the feet of his oxen are heavy; They hurt. But I cannot stay God from His ploughing, I, the lord of the field. While I stand waiting, His shoulders loom upon me from the mist, He has gone past me down the furrow, shouting a song. (I had said, it shall rest for a season. The larks had built in the grass ...) He will not let my field lie fallow. | 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 GOOD COMPANY by KARLE WILSON BAKER |
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