Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FULL HARVEST, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Seems like a feller'd ort'o jes' to-day Last Line: On'y jes' waste it all on me and you! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Farm Life; Harvest; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
SEEMS like a feller'd ort'o jes' to-day Git down and roll and waller, don't you know, In that-air stubble, and flop up and crow, Seein' sich crops! I'll undertake to say There're no wheat's ever turned out thataway Afore this season! -- Folks is keerless, though, And too fergitful -- 'caze we'd ort'o show More thankfulness! -- Jes' looky hyonder, hey? -- And watch that little reaper wadin' thue That last old yaller hunk o' harvest-ground -- Jes natchur'ly a-slicin' it in two Like honeycomb, and gaumin' it around The field -- like it had nothin' else to do On'y jes' waste it all on me and you! | 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 BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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