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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PLOWMAN, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The delicate gray trees stand up Last Line: Ready for him that sows. Subject(s): Plowing & Plowmen | |||
THE delicate gray trees stand up There by the fenced ways; One or two are crimson-tipped, And soon will start to blaze. The plowman follows, as of yore, Along the furrows cold, Homeric shape against the boughs; Sharp is the air with mold. The sweating horses heave and strain; The crows with thick, high note Break black across the windless land, Fade off and are remote. Oh, new days, yet long known and old! Lo, as we look about, This immemorial act of faith, That takes the heart from doubt! Kingdoms decay and creeds are not, Yet still the plowman goes Down the spring fields, so he may make Ready for him that sows. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SILVER PLOUGH-BOY by WALLACE STEVENS TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY by ROBERT BURNS THE PLOUGHER [OR PLOWER] by PADRAIC COLUM PLOUGHING THE ROUGHLANDS by HELEN DUNMORE THE PLOUGHMAN by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES HARRY PLOUGHMAN by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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