Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GUEST, by S. BERT COOKSLEY


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THE GUEST, by                    
First Line: After awhile we will sit down together
Last Line: What birds are saying down his orchard rows!
Subject(s): Guests; Visiting


After awhile we will sit down together;
He will be ponderous, settling like a cow,
Thickly satisfied with God and weather --
I shall permit his pasture with a bow.
And we will talk tobacco and elections,
Securities, acquaintances and men:
He'll rhyme the latter with his smooth perfections,
Content to see me slowly nod again.

I'll know the price of every piece of silver
Used to chop his richly scented food;
I'll tell myself his heavy hands would pilfer,
Golden nails from some cathedral's rood;
Then we will part . . . I wonder if he knows
What birds are saying down his orchard rows!





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