Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SOWER, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography First Line: Now falls the dusk I sit in peace Last Line: Athwart the starry world. Subject(s): Farm Life; Seeds; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
NOW falls the dusk I sit in peace Beneath this gateway and behold The ebbing daylight bring release From toil by wood and wold. With stirring at my heart I heed Above the furrows night has steeped A ragged sower throwing seed Of harvests still unreaped. His tall black silhouette above The tillage deep strides on. How brave Must be his faith that time will move The grain within its grave. He crosses the unending plain, Now back, now forth; with open palm He flings it wide and fills again, While here I muse in calm; And his vast shadow from below Uplifted like a sail unfurled With mighty rumour seems to sow Athwart the starry world. | 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 A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO |
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