Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COUNSEL, by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL


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First Line: No harvest shall they store
Last Line: God love you, boy, god love you!
Alternate Author Name(s): Carlin, Francis
Subject(s): Advice; Harvest


No harvest shall they store
Who squander hopes galore
On May, nor mind September --
Remember, boy, remember!

Though corn be ripe for hook,
They'll wander off with brook
To fairy fields unplanted --
Enchanted, boy, enchanted!

And though their timothy
Wait scythe, they'd rather see
Diana's sickle mow it --
I know it, boy, I know it!

But if, down autumn's day,
You spend desires on May
Nor heed what I'm professing --
My blessing, boy, my blessing!

And should you haply sing
Green leaves, while harvesting
Their ghostly gold above you --
God love you, boy, God love you!





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