Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SILVER WAIN, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. First Line: When russet wagons left the lammas field Last Line: An angel walking by a silver wain. Subject(s): Fields; Knights & Knighthood; Plowing & Plowmen; Silver; Wagons; Pastures; Meadows; Leas | ||||||||
When russet wagons left the Lammas field, The land's fierce lord through wood and pasture rode Along the trembling pool where sunset glowed Red as the rivets of his heavy shield; Across the blackbird's song a clear bell pealed, And tawny bulls, obedient to the goad, Paused while a peasant prayed beside his load Sweet with the grass that clovered meadows yield. On rushed the knight, but dropped his lifted spear To see among the swathes of fallen hay White oxen coupled with a golden chain, And, still as starlight on the purple weir, Where his old ploughman knelt so late to pray An angel walking by a silver wain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNTING PHEASANTS IN A CORNFIELD by ROBERT BLY THREE KINDS OF PLEASURES by ROBERT BLY QUESTION IN A FIELD by LOUISE BOGAN THE LAST MOWING by ROBERT FROST FIELD AND FOREST by RANDALL JARRELL AN EXPLANATION by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IN FIELDS OF SUMMER by GALWAY KINNELL SOMETIMES by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. |
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