Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEYOND WARS; FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, by DAVID MORTON Poet's Biography First Line: Then will a quiet gather around the door Last Line: And a man ploughs, a woman sews and sings. Subject(s): League Of Nations | ||||||||
Then will a quiet gather round the door, And settle on those evening fields again, Where women watch the slow, home-coming men Across brown acres hoofed and hurt no more, The sound of children's feet be on the floor, When lamps are lit, and stillness deeper falls, Unbroken, save where cattle in their stalls Keep munching patiently upon their store. Only a scar beside the pasture gate, A torn and naked tree upon the hill, What times remembered, will remind them still Of long disastrous days they knew of late; Till these, too, yield for sweet, accustomed things, -- And a man ploughs, a woman sews and sings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MAXIMA CARTA (INSCRIBED TO PRESIDENT WILSON) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON TO THEE, MY COUNTRY by LOUISE BURTON LAIDLAW THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS by MARY SIEGRIST LEAGUE OF NATIONS; THE PRESIDENT RETURNS TO AMERICA by NANCY BYRD TURNER THE FAMILY OF NATIONS by WILLARD WATTLES THE WORLD IS ONE; DEDICATED TO WOODROW WILSON by HINTON WHITE SELASSIE AT GENEVA by MARCUS B. CHRISTIAN WHO WALKS WITH BEAUTY by DAVID MORTON |
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