Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A YEOMAN, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This man that at the wheatstack side Last Line: And all his life has been alive. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): England; Farm Life; Landscape; English; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
THIS man that at the wheatstack side Sits drinking of the twilight air, This man's my friend, in him's my guide And guard against the traps of care. His life now past meridian mark One can but say is blossoming yet, His summer day smiles back the dark, His sun seems nearer rise than set. In lusty youth when surging blood With foam and din bemuses most, Leander-like he rode the flood, And strongly came to manhood's coast. Since, with a sturdy steady tread, He sowed and stored himself good grain, And glowing yet he bows his head With plough and scythe across the plain. And like the north star stablished true He cheers and aids my asking eye; To see him at his door anew Is like a sign shown in the sky. With all his calm he's eager still, New dreams in his old vision thrive, He seizes chance on dale and hill, And all his life has been alive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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