Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BACK-LYING FARM, by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON First Line: A back-lying farm but lately taken in Last Line: She twined the long wan grasses in her hat. Alternate Author Name(s): Haliburton, Hugh Subject(s): Country Life | ||||||||
A back-lying farm but lately taken in; Forlorn hill-slopes and grey, without a tree; And at their base a waste of stony lea Through which there creeps, too small to make a din, Even where it slides over a rocky linn, A stream, unvisited of bird or bee, Its flowerless banks a bare sad sight to see. All round, with ceaseless plaint, though spent and thin, Like a lost child far-wandered from its home, A querulous wind all day doth coldly roam. Yet here, with sweet calm face, tending a cow, Upon a rock a girl bareheaded sat, Singing unheard, while with unlifted brow She twined the long wan grasses in her hat. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TARIFF by GEORGE HENRY BOKER A DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY by TED KOOSER THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE WIND by TED KOOSER COUNTRYSIDE by JOSEPHINE MILES THE WHITE WINTER - HUGHIE SNAWED UP by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON DAVE (SC. DAPHNIS) by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON SCHULE LADDIE'S LAMENT ON THE LATENESS O' THE SEASON by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON |
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