Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAY'S END, by RAY CLARKE ROSE First Line: Boys, I've been out in the clearin' Last Line: "come in, pa, the night is fallin'!" Subject(s): Death; Farm Life; Love - Loss Of; Marriage; Mothers & Daughters; Dead, The; Agriculture; Farmers; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
Boys, I 've been out in the clearin' Choppin' up some second-growth, And, I swan, it 's mighty cheerin' When the frost is interferin' With yer seein' and yer hearin' And yer natchral feelin's, both, To hear yer sister's voice a-callin': "Supper, pa; the boys is all in!" Then I drop my ax and listen, Makin' out I didn't hear, For I knew a voice like this'n, Which fer years I 've been a-missin', And I seem to catch the glisten Of two girlish eyesit 's queer, But yer ma lives in yer sister As she was when first I kissed her. You remember her as turnin' Thirty odd, and all wore out; But them days when we was burnin' Walnut firewood and earnin' This old farm jest sets me yearnin' That the years could turn about And yer ma would call me to her From the days when first I knew her. Seems to me I didn't treat her With the care I should have took; Such a faithful wife, and neater Than a hummin' bird, and sweeter God forgive me! if I meet her There, she 'll wear a lovin' look And forgive meshe 'll be callin': "Come in, pa, the night is fallin'!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A BACHELOR'S VALENTINE by RAY CLARKE ROSE |
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